Top athletes can apply for a Telesport scholarship until July 1st, if they are interested in studying coaching or sport management at Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam, starting in September 2024
Telesport offers active top athletes, or those who have stopped competing in top-level sports, the opportunity to study with a scholarship at Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam once again. Candidates can opt for The Fast Track Program for International Sport Management or the Leadership in Coaching Program for the academic year 2024-2025. Until July 1, 2024, (former) athletes have the opportunity to apply for the scholarship. Both programs start in September.
Ireen Wüst took advantage of the opportunity and is an alumna of the Leadership in Coaching Program 2022-2023. She says: “You mainly have an image of yourself as a top athlete, but who else are you? You already know some of this, of course, but on the Leadership in Coaching Program you consciously start working on it. And in this process, you will not only look for the coach that you are, no, it‘s much broader than that. You also discover who you are as a person. That is a fun and educational process for everyone, and perhaps extra fun for somebody who was an elite athlete for so many years.”
Ireen Wüst (right) and top hockey player Eva Drummond-De Goede both followed academic training at Johan Cruyff Institute in 2023, to facilitate the transition to a new role in the sports sector after their sports career.
Marcel van der Kraan, chief editor at Telesport: “Telesport, the sports section of De Telegraaf, gives full attention to top sport talents and elite athletes. Johan Cruyff Institute gives athletes and talented coaches the opportunity to study for personal growth, and also provides opportunities to balance dual careers. By offering the Telesport scholarships, more athletes and coaches will be well prepared for their future and to serve the best interests of sports. Telesport is proud of the remarkable athletes who took the initiative to study with a Telesport scholarship. They all graduated successfully and are well prepared for their future in the sports industry. Johan Cruyff would have wanted it this way! It is a great way for Telesport to contribute to his legacy, by offering the two scholarships each year.”
HOW TO APPLY FOR A TELESPORT SCHOLARSHIP?
YOU ARE:
- a (former) elite athlete, living in the Netherlands, and
- You have the ambition to fulfill a management role in the sport sector, or
- already working in sport and would like to have greater knowledge and skills to boost your career.
PROCEDURE:
- Please send us your CV and motivation letter (maximum 350 words) for the program of your choice (Sport Management or Coaching) at Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam before July 1, 2024, to telesportscholarship@cruyffinstitute.org.
- Note: Please send your documents in the language that is used in the program: in Dutch for Leadership in Coaching, and in English for The Fast Track Program for International Sport Management.
