Sport and Professionalism (2), every nation and every culture
“Sport and professionalism” is the keynote speech of Willem Visser, International Lecturer 8th Dan Judo IJF, at the International Congress, Sport Science and Research Institute Tehran; (9/11 – 12/11 2020). In the life of people in all times physical exercises were important. Those exercises were related to the culture of the nation or the culture of the […]
Sport and Professionalism (1) The prologue
“Sport and professionalism” is the keynote speech of Willem Visser, International Lecturer 8th Dan Judo IJF, at the International Congress, Sport Science and Research Institute Tehran; (9/11 – 12/11 2020). We will publish the work in several deliveries. The capture definitions is about this complicated phenomena. The capture history is about the development of sport in historic […]
Technical, physical and mental aspects of coaching (Part 2)
Aditional remarks Apart from the coach all sort of counsellors have come to the fore; social, mental, medical and paramedical, financial counsellors, dieticians, etc. The coach is not a counsellor in this way. He should not permit himself to be called: ‘counsellor’ and should not go along with this gimmick! In respect of knowledge and […]
Technical, physical and mental aspects of coaching (Part 1)
There are 3 aspects to a coach’s duty: Scouting (work area of one’s own sportsmen/women and that of the opponents) Training Coaching matches The coach trains and coaches the match. There are important differences between training and match: Training Match Training Learn and practice Average pressure Sub-maximum performance Reproducible Variable Many forms Match Apply and perform […]
Leadership = vision + inspiration + driving force.
There is a great difference between managers and leaders. The characteristics of both leaders and managers are: Leaders are controlling the environment and managers participating in the environment The leader is innovating, the manager is executing. The leader is original, the manager is a copy. The leader is developing, the manager is keeping things going. […]
The characteristics of the Rhineland management are: cooperative, driven by professionalism
Management is done by a manager. A manager is executing a task, a manager is focussed on systems and structures, a manager is controlling and a manager is often focussed on a short term vision. (In the following article ‘leadership’ I give more characteristics of the manager in comparison with leaders.) In the definition above […]
One cannot organize the good things, one can only fight for it
In spite of the proverb above a coach has to organize. Organizing is followed by coordinating and if coordinating lead to be questioned leadership is born. The method (the sequence) can be used in organizing and coordinating: Selecting Initiating Facilitating Following Adjunsting Evaluating Judging Estimating Coaches and certainly top level coaches are all the time […]
Seven elements of teambuilding, individual and group approach
1. Each team member should have the opportunity to have his or her view on; the targets/goals that have to be set, the role that each individual member has to perform, the methods that will be employed to reach the targets/goals and the expectations that the team members have of the team. This section is […]
Mental training. Always training with full attention… and under pressure.
DEFINITIONS Learning or improving a pattern of movement through intensively the moment without actually performing it simultaneously. A method to come to a design of one’s own behaviour through imagination and concentration based on reality ( to gain control in one’s own head). A method to influence mental functioning (everything that has to do with […]
No leadership, no high performance.
High performance management has five important characteristics: 1. Very high quality of the management; combining integrity and leadership by coaching with fast decision making; 2. The culture is open and focussed at action, with the emphasis on commitment and dialogue. 3. Focussed at the long term, both, the sportsman/sportswoman and all the cooperating partners; 4. […]
