Henk Kraaijenhof- Audio Interview

Here is an excellent audio interview with Henk Kraaijenhof.

http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=11&spid=82

Henk Kraaijenhof, P.T., B.A. is a performance consultant to international elite athletes in athletics, speed-skating, volleyball, bobsleigh, triathlon, fencing, archery, swimming, tennis, handball and soccer. He has coached individuals and teams to national success in Olympic and world level competition including sprinters Nelli Cooman, Merlene Ottey and Troy Douglas. He is currently technical director of Nemesis BV, a company that develops and sells hi-tech training and measuring systems for sports in the Netherlands. He has published work in performance, training systems and protocols for elite athletes and has also conducted research in the development and application of scientific training systems as well as being involved in scientific research projects in human sports performance in Norway, Estonia, Italy and the Netherlands.

In part one of this intriguing interview, Henk discusses his background in coaching, his individualistic training methodology, the differences in approaches to training for various athletes and the development of speed, strength and power for sprinters.

In part two he gives his thoughts on the psychology of sprinters, coaching development in the Netherlands and various sport science tools and technology for coaches. For speed and sport science fans this interview is a must-listen.

Henk gives props to Charlie also.

Goto-

http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/?pid=11&spid=82

Note: each interview is available for download by right clicking on the link and selecting “save target as”. If you wish to listen to the interview immediately from your computer, you can double click on the WMA link and it will automatically play from your computer using Windows Media Player. Download time varies depending on your Internet connection when saving the MP3 or WMA file to your computer.

Enjoy!

Wow. A lot of interviews. I will have to listen too Haile Gebrselassie’s interview. Cool.

Guy from boston. B’s.