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Author: <span>Henk Kraaijenhof</span>
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Author: Henk Kraaijenhof

My name is Henk Kraaijenhof and I started this blog as a random collection of concepts, ideas, stories and events that are important or interesting to me in my work as an international performance consultant in a wide range of fields, and sometimes outside of my work. I will try to post a new entry every 3-4 days. Feel free to comment if you like.

Are you “natural”?

By Henk Kraaijenhof February 5, 2020 February 5, 2020 0

The word “natural” is use in many different contexts, but in most cases it is meaningless. In many cases this issue can be solved by asking yourself what “natural” or nature really means in your …

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Sport, human and technology.

By Henk Kraaijenhof February 1, 2020 February 1, 2020 1

Elite sports, being a frontier activity, is often looking for the edges of, mainly technological, developments. Frequently elite sports is one of the first field to embrace new technologies. Some people start to wonder if …

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What is a “good coach”?

By Henk Kraaijenhof January 23, 2020 January 23, 2020 0

As long as the profession exists this question is asked by the general public and coaches alike. The question is simple, the answer is not. One has to suppress the logical answer that a good …

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Looking back and forward

By Henk Kraaijenhof December 21, 2019 December 22, 2019 3

First week of training with Olga Rypakova is over. Learning how she moves, thinks and feels, her needs and limitations. It is always a pleasure to work with an accomplished, experienced and mature athlete like …

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Exercises and drills.

By Henk Kraaijenhof December 8, 2019 December 9, 2019 1

Do you have them too? Those books filled with graphs and/or pictures of exercises and drills for your sport? Yes, as a young coach I bought a few of those in order to fill my …

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Retirement or Olympics?

By Henk Kraaijenhof November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019 0

Finally, a few hours of uninterrupted thinking, reading and writing. So time for an update. A few years ago I was looking forward to quiet old days, retirement, fishing,  little bit of gardening reading the …

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Recovery, why?

By Henk Kraaijenhof October 22, 2019 October 22, 2019 0

It is not hard to find a topic to write a blogpost about: The World Championships Athletics in Doha, the case of Alberto Salazar and Nike, the world record in the marathon, and so on. …

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Training, Adaptation & Adaptogens

By Henk Kraaijenhof October 5, 2019 October 5, 2019 4

Adaptation of the human body and mind is the foundation of the training process. The human organism adapts in a rather predictable and specific way to the stimuli that training presents. Most of the time …

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Striving for the ultimate performance

By Henk Kraaijenhof September 26, 2019 September 26, 2019 9

Striving for the ultimate performance seems to be an issue for a handful of people that I know. Yes, the fanatics, the outliers, the creative ones, the crazy ones who spend most of their time …

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Book on my desk & Mentorship

By Henk Kraaijenhof September 6, 2019 September 6, 2019 0

Once and awhile I have to clean my desk from the books that I received, bought and read. Thanks to digital technology my desk should be cleaner, but it’s not. Most people I meet, mainly …

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