A driven founder and a close-knit, professional core team.
At ABC you won't find an anonymous chain, but familiar, trusted faces. Our team is carried by qualified sports coaches and passionate guides. We are a small, committed team that truly takes the time to get to know your child, to challenge them physically every week and to let them land safely, mentally too. We don't simply look after children when school is out; we put them in their power, with full conviction. Our team grows organically with the sports campus, but what has bound us from day one: an unconditional passion for developing talent, and the fact that as children we would all have loved an ABC Sport BSO of our own!
Nathaniël Manubulufather, triathlete, hockey player and founder.
With twenty years of experience in operational management (at VolkerWessels, Geveke, Enexis and SKK, among others) I know how to organise complex processes tightly and safely. I now use that background to create an environment for your child that is professional and cared for down to the smallest detail. But my real passion? That lies along the line and on the pitch.
As a devoted athlete and active volunteer at my two children's sports club (as a committee member, youth trainer and coach) I saw a wide gap in practice. I saw children switching between four sports because one sport is never enough, and I saw after-school care that barely spent an hour a week on movement. In my eyes, something had to fit in between.
- Prior experience
- 20 years of operations & business processes
- At HVA Hockey
- Technical committee parent coach · youth trainer
- Own sport
- Tri (run · bike · swim) + hockey
Familiar faces, the same ones, week in, week out.
No rotating shifts, no stand-ins. Your child sees the same people every afternoon, and those people know your child. We start with the core team below and grow alongside the number of groups; everyone is ASM-trained before they take a group.
Working and learning, under our mentors' wings.
No loose stand-ins, but a standing flex pool from two study programmes. Every student works in one-on-one duo coaching alongside a permanent mentor: a serious place to learn for them, a fresh pair of eyes and extra hands for us.
Three things everyone here chooses.
We are not building this alone.
From the city's sports body to the university of applied sciences: these parties and institutions help build the sports campus in Assen. The list grows as partnerships become final.
Want to meet the team yourself?
During an introductory visit you'll get to know Nathaniel, the mentor for your group and the people who guide your child every afternoon.