Strength
"Our strength is that we look at the health of athletes holistically with an interdisciplinary team. This translates into counselling athletes on both a preventive and curative level."
Ambition
"I see it as our ambition to continue to develop leading knowledge together and to apply it in practice. Because ultimately we do it for the athletes."
Collaboration
"Nowadays, it is a must to test questions from practice academically and feed them back. In that context, our intensive collaboration with sports associations, NOC*NSF and FIFPRO, among others, where they have both feet firmly planted in practice, is essential."
Pride
"I am proud that together with Gino Kerkhoffs, I have managed to put psychological complaints in top sport somewhat on the scientific map worldwide.
We have also developed a sports medical examination and an educational program for ex-professional footballers. This allows problems after the end of their career to be prevented or solved. We have signed an agreement with FIFA to implement this worldwide from mid-2021."
Future
"As a team, we must continue on the path we have taken and strengthen it where possible. I have been working at a university in South Africa for several years. That is a country with a great sports culture, but the necessary social problems. If I can do my bit there in the area of sports education, I'm happy to do so."