DBV/ISG Convention 2015: Meet the Speakers – Martijn Nijhoff (KNBSB/Netherlands)

From January 23 to 25, 2015 the DBV/ISG Convention will take place at the Ahorn-Sportpark in Paderborn. Baseball and Softball Clinics will be held there. Registration is already open. Mister-Baseball.com is going to introduce all the speakers.

Baseball – Martijn Nijhoff (KNBSB, Netherlands)

As a player, Nijhoff played 9 years in the Dutch major League. After getting his degree in Physical Education, he got heavily involved with coaching at various levels in various capacities. From softball to baseball, in schools, camps, clinics, Nijhoff has gathered a lot of experience in his career. He became a pitching instructor at Unicorns baseball academy in Rotterdam in 2005 and was a co-founder of the Bixie Baseball Academy in 2006.

He took the Head Coach job at PSV Eindhoven in the Overgangsklasse from 2008 to 2010 before becoming the technical coordinator for all Dutch academies. Since 2010, he started to work in adding a string to his bow, with some classes in motor learning and performance. A field, in which he worked with Frans Bosch in order to revamp the training methods in the Netherlands.

He is currently the Talentcoach Baseball at the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB). Additionally he is working with several national teams in Dutch baseball including the U18 squad and most recently as assistant coach with the U21 squad at the inaugural 21U Baseball World Cup in Taichung.

All information about the DBV/ISG Convention at www.convention.baseball-softball.de.