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Once and awhile you look at your body you touch it or feel it, but we are seldom amazed by the functioning of this extremely complex and beautifully designed “machine”. For sure, it is hard …

This component is very important and still ignored at the same time 😉 There are different ways of looking at the time-factor. First of all there is the personal timing. I have written about this …

Here in Holland spring is in the air. One of the first messengers is the snowdrop, a small spring flower that appears when the last snow is gone (Latin name Galanthus nivalis). Oh, well you …

For many years coaches, athletes and students have asked me what I consider to be the most important general factors in sprinting performance. Ever since 1988 I like to call these factors simply T-factors (1). …

Because our work life is boring enough, with a few friends we do a small project on a regular basis. If it was only to get to know people who are at least as passionate, …

Last week my old friend Marco Pozzo was here to give a demonstration at one of the best physiotherapy clinics in Holland. He demonstrated one of my favorite toys in working with athletes, the Exentrix …

Because working in sports for 30 years leaves very little time for cultural sidesteps, two years ago, a colleague of mine and myself decided to treat ourselves with a Museum card which gives you free …

I bet you have filled out questionnaires like we all had to do at one time: a paper form (or a digital one) with questions, yes/no, multiple choice or open questions, to be answered by …

Strict individuality is probably the most promising component of the attempt to improve our training. Simply because almost everybody recognizes the need for an individual approach to training, while almost nobody really does that! Many …

Some promises to be fulfilled, some questions to be answered. One of the questions I got is related to the determination of muscle fibre composition by the simple Bosco jump test. The algorithms for this …