Robin van Galen Lecture

Speaker & Dutch Water Polo Coach

Robin van Galen

Robin van Galen, former coach of the Dutch women’s water polo team that won Olympic gold, shares his valuable insights on leadership and team dynamics. Drawing on his experience coaching at the highest level, he discusses topics such as team selection, collaboration, and ambition. His accessible approach to recognizing different personality types (MBTI) makes his lectures both practical and inspiring for teams striving for success.

Rate indication: € 1,500 to € 2,499
Available for booking as: Speaker
Languages: Dutch English

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About Robin van Galen

Robin van Galen is a Dutch water polo coach and former water polo player. As a coach, Robin participated in the Olympic Games once, in 2008. He led the Dutch women’s team to the Olympic title.

After the Olympics

After the Olympic Games, he received the medal for Best Dutch Coach at the Olympics from Erica Terpstra. Silver and bronze went to Jacco Verhaeren and Marc Lammers. With the Dutch men’s team, Robin narrowly missed qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games. After suffering a serious shoulder injury at a young age, he quickly had to forget about Olympic glory as a player. The well-known saying, “Every disadvantage has its advantage,” certainly applied to him. Robin discovered that he had a talent for coaching and training.

Coach

In 1988, he began his career as a youth coach in Rotterdam, unaware that twenty years later he would experience the absolute highlight of his career—and of Dutch water polo history—as a coach. Robin is happy to share what he learned from this “once-in-a-lifetime experience.” He currently teaches Finance and Marketing at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Themes

Sessions

Robin van Galen is a Dutch water polo coach and former water polo player. With flair, humor, and passion, he shares his insights into coaching a team. Topics such as team selection and formation, leadership, collaboration, and ambition are all covered. His practical approach to MBTI, focusing on differences in personalities and personality types, particularly resonates with audiences. As a speaker, his goal is to motivate and inspire you and your audience that extra few percent, helping people work together more effectively so that, together with you, they can go for gold!

Robin also gives water polo clinics, with teamwork at the heart of the experience.