Coaching is a multi-faceted job, with many different aspects, amongst others: talent detection, recruiting, motivating, educating, coaching, scientific aspects, etc. At one level: coaches can be more science and technology oriented or more human oriented …
While looking at my book collection this week – my athletes always kindly called them “Henk’s children” – I reflected on which books I value most in terms of content and impact. Let’s look at …
People who know me or have visited me, know that I am an obsessive-compulsive book buyer (and reader). Many people ask me which books I would advise them to read. First of all: it depends a …
Podcast number 2 is up, the second Podcast for the coming CVA/SPS seminar in Richmond in 2013 is up. That’s what you get when you have too much spare time 😉 Just click on the …
The term specificity is often used by coaches when determining whether an exercise is general or specific. Specific in this context simply means: an exercise or movement pattern (or a part of it) that looks like …
For me as a coach, leading by example is an important aspect of coaching. Yes, it is easy to advise people to behave a certain way, but behaving different yourself. Since mental toughness and mindsetting …
A short interview about the use of Viagra as a performance enhancing drug. http://www.rtl.nl/actueel/editienl/video/#/59883c12-d2b4-4bab-8d8a-98f3459c52ac/Keihard%20door%20viagra/
This weekend we experienced the making of Christmas tree decorations. And yes, it was fun as you can see. Videolink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAqbnWUtYC0
“Train as much as necessary, not as much as possible” – Henk Kraaijenhof, in: Timothy Ferriss: The 4 Hour Body “Do as much as necessary, not as much as possible” – Henk Kraaijenhof, in: Timothy …
A few times a year with a couple of friends we try to explore things that we don’t do in our boring daily office jobs . In our society we are getting more and more …