Projects
It is my passion to create better learning environments within sports and education for future generations.
For inspiration watch the Ted Talk from Ruben Jongkind: Football can change the world, but we need to change football first
SPORTs
I am experienced as a coordinator, specialist or team coach, individual mentor, consultant, and professional football player. I get excited about helping adults and children to further develop themselves.
EDUCATIon
With Montessori Sports, we support schools to integrate more physical activities into their curriculum. We run courses, workshops, sports sessions, and holiday programs. We work with educational bodies around the world.
Education: Montessori Sports
On my quest to learn more about the learning environments of children and to challenge myself, I moved to Melbourne at the beginning of 2018. In that year I started Montessori Sports in Australia. Our mission is to integrate more physical movement into Montessori environments. I do this together with the founders Ruben Jongkind and Patrick Oudejans. Now we work with schools across Australia and educational partners around the world as we continue to grow. Together with our partners Association Montessori Internationale and Nienhuis Montessori, we develop integrated curricula and materials, run (online) courses and workshops, and provide sports programs for children.
What started with only two after school classes at Melbourne Montessori School in April 2018, resulted in three successful courses with a total of 31 participating teachers from all over Australia. These courses were hosted in Melbourne and Sydney in 2018/2019 and the participants gave the course an overall grading of 9.1/10. Unfortunately, we were unable to organize more onsite courses in 2020 due to the pandemic. This course has as purpose to integrate more physical activities into Montessori schools.
Why Montessori and sports?
The lack of movement is one of the biggest threats to health in modern societies. Physical activity is imperative to overcome this threat. Montessori is an interest-based educational philosophy. With more than 6 billion people interested in sports, it is universal in its appeal to children. Montessori Sports sparks this interest to enhance the overall development of children.
Sports offers a prepared environment to enhance the physical, emotional, and spiritual development of children, provided that it is designed and maintained using Montessori principles.
With Montessori Sports we bring more movement into school curricula through:
Curriculum content
Structurising curriculum
Certifications
Courses
Audits
Workshops
Presentations
Holiday progams
Sports sessions
Sports: Football Volendam
A lot has changed at FC Volendam since the arrival of Team Jonk in 2019. We aim to attract more people to the stadium through attractive and attacking football while building a solid foundation for the future. In this regard, particular attention is paid to the youth academy.
Click here for more information about the Football Volendam project
Jip Bartels about more independence for youth players as part of the Football Volendam plan


Specialist coach & Mentor
- Master brain, body & ball
- Differential learning
- Individual approach
- Relative age effect
- Independence
- Intrinsic motivation
- Creativity
- Positioning
- Lifestyle
- Personal plan
- Parents as partners
Volunteering experience:
On My Feet
The ‘On My Feet Footsteps Program’ in Australia is a six months course that aims to transition chosen participants who are experiencing homelessness from shelter to self-sufficiency. Whilst participants are involved in this training program, they simultaneously follow workshops to increase their chances on the job market.
Together with Shyam Bhuller, our task was to set up a weekly training program. This includes physical and mental activities, finding a venue, and providing materials for the participants to increase their physical and mental health. The ‘end goal’ was to prepare them for the final stage of this project: The Melbourne Marathon Festival in October, 2020. Unfortunately, COVID-19 hold us back during the year with meant we had to be creative with our solutions. Aligned with restriction guidelines, we organized walking groups towards the end of the year.
As I’m always looking for volunteering work so get in touch with me if you have any ideas!
Volunteering
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