{"id":1693,"date":"2019-04-28T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpingthebesttogetbetter.com\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:15:25","slug":"turn-turn-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpingthebesttogetbetter.com\/?p=1693","title":{"rendered":"Turn, turn, turn\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The title of a great song by the Byrds, and the reason why I did not publish a post recently.There is a time to teach and a time to learn, a time to write and a time to read, a time to observe and a time to coach. Currently I am again, after a break of 14 years, spending a lot of time on coaching and everything that comes with it. Basically I forgot how time-consuming coaching can be, but my coaching projects are going very well, which is a comfort. My athletes are making great progress in all aspects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So how did the last couple of weeks look like? I have been lecturing in Chantilly in the USA at the Sports And Speed Institute of my good friend Justin Kavanagh and met with an old idol of mine: Ian King from Australia, master coach and educator,  builder of the foundation of strength and conditioning internationally.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nOn a regular basis I go to Switzerland to support some of my colleague \ncoaches and to help an athlete to make a come-back after three years of \ninjury.  \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, last\nweek I spent in Germany with one of my athletes, a small training camp for\nfocus and to recover a bit from a stressful period of studying and exams. This athlete\nis also my favorite \u201cguinea pig\u201d for my hypotheses about training and\nsprinting. A few weeks ago we appeared in a TV program called Sportlab in which\nformer 110 meter hurdler and now TV-presenter Gregory Sedoc questioned us about\nthe role of genetics in elite sports. Amazing how far the sports community is running\nbehind scientific and technological progress that can make a real difference,\nNo, I am not referring to the latest cool app on your phone. The idea that we\ndeveloped as being normal in the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s are unknown and\/or nor properly\nunderstood or integrated 30 years later\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in Germany\nI also visited a friend of mine, Gerrit Keferstein, a very bright young guy\nwhom I love to cooperate with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gerrit Keferstein on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the last few months I wrote a series of three articles for the Dutch journal Sportgericht, and received some great books from my colleagues, Erik Hein\u2019s \u201cBoksfit\u201d should not be missed by anyone who is involved in boxing or martial arts (and reads Dutch). Erik pumps out one good book after another. He is one of those broadly oriented guys, not a specialist in a narrow field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boksfit by Erik Hein <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also had the\nhonor to have two small chapters in the Weight Room Wisdom by Ron McKeefery, being\nthe only non-USA contributor. Not as much a textbook, since there are already (too)\nmany of them, but a great read for every coach, since it is filled with wisdom,\nthe condensed experiences of decades of time spent with athletes inside and\noutside the weight room with great examples and useful metaphors.  A must-read!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Weight Room Wisdom by Ron McKeeferey <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Still, my\n\u201cnormal work\u201d continues like always, consults with elite coaches and athletes,\ncelebrities, TV personalities, trying to solve a wide range of problems. So I\nhope you understand that my motivation to post is still very high, and that just\nlack of time prevents me from writing more, but I keep notes about almost\neverything I do, collect new ideas and try them out, thus accumulating a lot of\nthings to post about in the future. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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