Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of Growing the Game!
In this episode, I chat with Seb Visser, press officer for #TeamKingdomNL and digital marketer for the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation.
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03:50 – Seb’s background, overview of team sports in the Netherlands
11:34 – Making the game affordable, introduction of Baseball 5
15:20 – Investments and funding
20:21 – The federation’s marketing priorities
24:34 – Fan support for Dutch baseball league
35:27 – Objections from sports fans
38:35 – Quality of coaching
42:06 – The dynamic of having national team players from the Caribbean and the Netherlands
44:25 – The importance of the Olympics
47:17 – The future of the game in the Netherlands