Elite sports coordinator FE
Michael Laarman
I am Michael Laarman and elite sports coordinator of the Faculty of Education. As a child I was always playing football until I came in contact with baseball and softball after an injury. From that moment on, those sports were my passion. In addition, I was interested in other American sports that I have always followed closely. From the age of 16 I started coaching and from that moment on I have been active as a coach in various sports.
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My coaching goes from youth teams within baseball softball to the ladies’ softball team of Terrasvogels with which we became Dutch and European champions. Since my children started playing basketball, I also started coaching there, including the premier league teams in most youth age classes. In addition, I have always been involved as a board member at various associations because without a board there are no sports clubs in the Netherlands.
Sport quote
"The work of a team should always embrace a great player, but the great player must always work." - Sir Alex Ferguson
Favorite sport
Baseball and softball, basketball
Favourite sport moment
The Championship for the Toronto Raptors in the NBA season 2019, the first time a Canadian team becomes champion in the NBA. And winning the European Cup Women Softball with Terrasvogels as a coach.
Favourite athlete
Steve Nash, best guard the NBA has had and Sir Alex Ferguson, an role model for every coach.