Being a better mover solves a lot of problems: it makes it easier to pick up skills and adapt to new situations, which also helps reduce the risk of injury and increase the level of performance. Rather than focusing on your next injury prevention exercise, most athletes would be better off just becoming better overall movers. Dutch national football team coach René Wormhoudt joins this week's GAINcast to discuss his training approach which builds upon this philosophy for both youth athletes and the world's top athletes.

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Further reading

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic:

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• You can follow Wormhoudt on Twitter (@RWormhoudt). You can also learn more about Athletic Skills Model on their webpage, Twitter (@Athletic_Skills) and Instagram (@athletic_skills_model).
• Wormhoudt's book The Athletic Skills Model: Optimizing Talent Development Through Movement Education also goes into much more detail on many of the topics covered in this episode.