Bart Viguurs is a very driven coach with a passion for personal development and connecting talents. Bart has played more than 40 international matches for the Netherlands in his active rugby career. For this professional hobby, he has played in international competitions all over the world and learned what it is like to perform under pressure and deal with wins and losses. He has played for top Dutch clubs such as The Dukes from 's Hertogenbosch and the Castricum rugby club and managed to win the national title with both clubs. To crown his career, Bart was named “Best Rugby Player of the Year” in 2013.
Bart has lived in New Zealand and Italy as a professional rugby player and shares his experience in an inspiring way. Bart also applies the lessons learned from the difficult moments, the sacrifices, the loss and the loneliness he experienced during his time as a top rugby player in his coaching.
Bart is the founder and owner of COMMITT3D together with Richard van den Broek and is known as an eager to learn connector. He is not a teacher who tells you how things should be done, but he works with you to optimize your talent. The company's slogan says a lot about the vision of both on learning and development: “Improvement by movement”.
Why rugby as team development?
Rugby is a team sport where important values and standards such as respect, passion, integrity, teamwork, perseverance, discipline and pride are still maintained. Values and standards that are part of creating success in business.