Overseas Students | Winning Mood offers a unique opportunity to high school graduates and college students from outside The Netherlands to combine study and sport while living abroad. This program is offered for one or two semesters and includes study at CIOS (Central Institute for Educating Sport Coaches) and playing and training with a Dutch club all year around! Ton de Hoop, founder of Winning Mood, is a senior professor at CIOS and well known in the club sport system in the Netherlands. He and his staff manage the entire Student-Athlete Program. CIOS and Winning Mood have combined their expertise to develop this Student-Athlete program. CIOS guarantees 6-10 openings at the Institute and the Winning Mood staff arranges housing, study support and club membership and is 24 hours per day available for personal support.
Winning Mood and CIOS are working with universities in the USA to have their curriculum accredited so that those who return to the USA and start or continue their study at the college level can apply the credits towards their degree program. Student/athletes from the USA, Greece, South Africa, Australia and Japan have participated in the Winning Mood Overseas Student-Athlete Program. Unanimously, the students have told us of the positive impact of the entire program on their lives. The experience of living in another country, studying with Dutch students and training in a different sports environment made a tremendous difference in their growth in maturity. Their studies at CIOS, social life and the training they received at the club both improved their level of play and deepened their understanding of the sport. Comments of a "Overseas Student-Athlete" from the last couple of years: |
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