by Joerik | Dec 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Books, Communication, Culture, Public
For the first time ever, I’ve released my guide to Skill Development. The guide became a 198 page document. It is a culmination of over 10 years of research, working with youth athletes, all the way to professional players all over the world. Of course you guys...
by Goetgeluck | Dec 9, 2020 | Communication, Culture, Mindset, Public, Sports Parents
Why do kids play sports? Along the years of growing Elite Athletes we have met many professional players in whom we noticed an unfortunate trait. The majority of them have stopped being players: they do not experience basketball as play anymore – it became a...
by Goetgeluck | Nov 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development
Every season we create a personal workbook for our Academy players that aims to cover some of the grey-zone areas of playing the game. It’s a little book of about 40 pages that supports their self-knowledge, offers ideas for sculpting long-term positive habits...
by Joerik | Oct 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Player Development
My advice is to always prepare your practices on a paper. It can be written down on a napkin or printed out professionally on your practice template. The form does not really matter in my mind. You will see that players will be more engaged. For me this small action...
by 0admin1 | Oct 16, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development
In 2018 Olivier and I got invited to join the coaching staff at the NBA Without Borders camp in Belgrade – Serbia. The camp is held for the top prospects from all over Europe, and lead by NBA trainers & players. When we arrived at the camp it felt very...
by Joerik | Oct 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development, Public
I remember when a couple of years ago one of my friends came to watch a game of our U18 team. We had a very decent team performance winning the game with 40+ points. Our head coach (Janka Debacker) was very quiet during the game: a lot of the times she just sat down...
