Dec 4, 2021Early maturity, early rotThere is such an assumption that everything good comes quickly. However, we also know that saying of early maturity, early rot. Are we able to predict at a very young age which children will excel later in life? …Sports4 min readSports4 min read
Nov 21, 2021Sports for a lifetimeThere is such an assumption that everything good comes quickly. However, we also know that saying of early maturity, early rot. Are we able to predict at a very young age which children will excel later in life? …Sports4 min readSports4 min read
Feb 25, 2021HeroesA hero is a person who, when faced with danger and disaster or from a position of weakness, demonstrates courage and a willingness to self-sacrifice for a greater cause. Initially, this heroism often had to do with struggle or excel at something, but later expanded to a more general moral…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Feb 11, 2021InterferencePreviously I wrote a blog about training within sports associations. Roughly speaking I made a distinction between the school model and the eel farmer model. Associations that are organized like a school, have clearly described the teaching material per age group, per level, sometimes even per team. From week to…Sports3 min readSports3 min read
Feb 11, 2021On the back of the bike, you learn nothingOur children were able to ride a bike early on. So being on the back of the bike was short lived. They found the fact that they could ride a bike far too much fun. A world literally opened up to them. The elementary school was on the other side…Sports3 min readSports3 min read
Jan 22, 2021Monkey ManagementLast week, a second suicide made the news. Again a child saw no way out. The bullying, the humiliation, the exclusion had become too much for her. In a farewell letter the girl named some of the perpetrators. The school was surprised and set up an internal investigation. The minister…Coaching4 min readCoaching4 min read
Jan 22, 2021Happy EyesYesterday we played the game that it was all about; the game that everything was about. The match we had been looking forward to for months. Before the game it was quiet in the dressing room. Tight faces, boys looked straight ahead, nobody said anything. After the referee came to…Coaching4 min readCoaching4 min read
Jan 8, 2021MemoriesThe other day, just in town, I ran into an old colleague. He was shopping, together with his daughter. Although my old colleague had passed the retirement age by now, we recognized each other immediately. “Ha Bert, long time no see! How are you doing? …Positive Coaching3 min readPositive Coaching3 min read
Dec 18, 2020Energy leakBecause of ‘the Corona’ we have been at home for a long time. Or so it seems. People complain, a lot of freedom has been taken away from them. The longer it takes, the more difficult it gets. Last week I attended a workshop ‘Mentally fit during Corona’, yes they…Sports4 min readSports4 min read
Nov 7, 2020Our leaderA good friend of mine sighed that she was completely upset by the riot that had started around her dream star actor. Kevin Spacey is also immediately written from the House of Cards series. He will crash somewhere in an unknown distant land and never be found again. It is…Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
