Trainers
Our trainers are responsible for organising and delivering effective training programs. They also help create competition teams and support our board in implementing the club's technical and pedagogical policies.
![from left to right: Onno, Arnoud, Remco, Joris](https://almereunited.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Trainers-AU.jpeg)
from left to right: Onno, Arnoud, Remco, Joris
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Arnoud Meijer
My name is Arnoud Meijer and I live in Hilversum, where I work as a math teacher at the Hilfertsheemcollege. Originally I come from Friesland, where I started playing table tennis at the age of 11. Right now I play competition matches for TTV Hilversum and participate in the Eredivisie together with my team. I am most proud of the fact that I've already been allowed to participate at the NK A (Dutch National Championships) 7 times.
As far as leading training sessions is concerned I started doing so at my first club, TTV Dokkum. After 7 years I was forced to quit due to the fact that I was moving away, but luckily it didn't take long before I could continue working as a trainer for TTV Hilversum. This is where I led training sessions for youth as well as senior members for a total of 12 years.
Nowadays I provide training sessions at Almere United, where I hope to see a large group of enthusiastic youth and senior players every week. I do everything I can to provide useful tips to all the players I train, but also find it very important that the training sessions are fun to participate in. I've had a warm welcome at Almere United and have met a whole bunch of the club's members. I think Almere United is the right fit for me since we share a desire to connect people through sports. Hopefully I'll soon be able to welcome you at the club, preferably during one of my training sessions on Monday evening. See you there!
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Onno Jaggie
I started playing table tennis when I was 10 years old, at ASSV in Amsterdam. After that, I played competition matches in the 2nd and 3rd league for DTS/TATIC and US until the age of 45. It was also during this time that I followed the ABO course (Dutch training program for sports), because I started leading training sessions for senior players.
For the past several years I've helped provide training sessions for our youth members at Almere United, something which I greatly enjoy doing. I believe that having fun is the number 1 priority in table tennis, and believe that this should go hand in hand with teaching players the correct basic techniques!