Coaching and Dual Career
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Coaching and dual career
A two-time Olympic gold medalist with the Dutch national field hockey team and a lecturer at Johan Cruyff Academy Amsterdam, Bram Lomans combines his elite sports experience with a passion for educating the next generation of sports professionals.
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Sam Parfitt is the CEO and founder of The True Athlete Project (TAP), an international organization dedicated to transforming sports culture through a more human-centered and holistic approach.
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This year, all lecturers at Cruyff Education in the Netherlands are taking part in the training program “Cruyffian Coaching: The study coaching of student-athletes.”
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Yannick van der Putten is a graduate of the Master in Sport Business Online and the Master in Coaching Amsterdam. This academic experience has accompanied him throughout his coaching career, which includes clubs in the Netherlands, the United States, and the Cayman Islands.
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Explore how these two top athletes integrate their athletic backgrounds with the Leadership in Coaching Program at Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam and be well prepared for their future in sports and coaching.
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In this insightful second part of our interview with Herman Kruis, High-Performance Director of Hockey India and former manager of the Johan Cruyff College in Roosendaal, we delve deeper into the nuanced world of coaching and talent development.
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We speak with Herman Kruis, the High-Performance Director of Hockey India, who until 2023 served as the manager of the Johan Cruyff College Roosendaal, about the essence of coaching and creating an environment where elite athletes can develop their full potential.
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Both organization aim to create a unique community of female coaches who can connect, share and develop their coaching experiences and knowledge.
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Karen Ephraim, professor of the Master in Coaching, represents Johan Cruyff Institute at the symposium ‘Women in Football: Development, Opportunities and Challenges’, held in Utrecht.
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AFC Ajax has added Troy Douglas to its technical team. Troy is an Olympic sprinter from Bermuda who is studying the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute, and whose style of coaching conforms to the principles of performance coaching.
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Inge Dekker, former European, world and Olympic swimming champion, explains how coaching is helping her in her transition from professional athlete to director of her own swimming school.
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Continuous education, academic internships, volunteering, a good résumé, a cover letter, a review of your skills and a good roadmap will help you position yourself and find that first job in the sports industry that you so desire.
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After 10 years as a professional cyclist, Marieke van Wanroij has made coaching her work, which she applies in her job as a sports podiatrist, as a coach of new talents and through her own company MvW Coaching.
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The keys to learning how to handle pressure and bringing it under control, according to Henk Verschuur, manager of the Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam and professor of the Master in Coaching.
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Karen Ephraim, professor of the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute, talks about her long experience working in different sports and the value of individual development for the benefit of the group.
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James Rowe, alumnus of the Master in Coaching, explains how he improved the team results by learning how to get a better grip on his own ego thanks to new insights he acquired on the program.
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What is pressure? Where does it come from? The answers to these questions are different for everyone; and this is what Johan Cruyff Institute education is all about.
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Both organization aim to create a unique community of female coaches who can connect, share and develop their coaching experiences and knowledge.
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Karen Ephraim, professor of the Master in Coaching, represents Johan Cruyff Institute at the symposium ‘Women in Football: Development, Opportunities and Challenges’, held in Utrecht.
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AFC Ajax has added Troy Douglas to its technical team. Troy is an Olympic sprinter from Bermuda who is studying the Master in Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute, and whose style of coaching conforms to the principles of performance coaching.
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