Show Your Talent Week: THE opportunity for young sports talent in Region Waterland
Waterland Region, September 2025 - In the fall of 2025, the municipality of Purmerend with a new concept for sports development, namely the Show Your Talent Week. Thanks to this collaboration between various parties, young people from the Waterland region will have the unique opportunity to develop themselves free of charge, athletically and personally through a wide range of workshops, clinics and test moments.
How this initiative came about
Retrieved from May 26, 2025 an inspiring workshop took place at the H20 Esports Campus, organized by HV KRAS/Volendam and Platform Talent Development Purmerend, together with sports clubs, schools and social partners from Waterland and Purmerend.
The result of this meeting was a lot of energy, concrete action items and the shared feeling that people in Waterland are together want to work together on talent development. The workshop evening was thus the booster of the idea to start the Show Your Talent Week in the fall vacations as a Kick-Off for a broader talent development program.
What is Show Your Talent Week?
The Show Your Talent Week is the next step in this trajectory: a sporting week in which young people from Waterland and Purmerend are challenged to show and discover their talent through workshops and clinics. The week is the starting shot for the broader program that will be rolled out in the future.
Some of the workshop offerings
Clubs and sports providers are primarily responsible for the sport-specific interpretation of talent development. The platform/High Performance Center reinforces this process with a valuable, cross-sport offering that contributes to the qualitative development of athletes.
During Show Your Talent Week, young people can choose from a wide range of workshops, including:
- ASM workshops with specialized ASM trainers
- VR Sports - innovative forms of training with virtual reality
- General motor skills at Turn Center Waterland
- Judo skills - applicable in all sports
- Strength training facilitated Wellness Profi Center
- The BrainsFirst Talent Test - For insight into your cognitive sports profile
Stronger together in Waterland
This week is not just to offer young people something, but to lay a structural foundation for talent development in the region:
The creation of a sustainable and inclusive Sports Talent Development Center in Waterland, close to home, supported by a network of partners. Connecting municipalities, sports clubs, schools and community stakeholders to deploy shared vision, responsibility and resources for young sports talent.
Free participation - registration started
All workshops are free of charge for young people from the Waterland region. Registration is required through the official site: https://h20.gg/show-your-talent/
📅 When: Fall break 2025
📍 Where: Sports venues in Purmerend
🎯 For whom: Young people from the Waterland region (4-18 years old).
💸 Cost: No
For more information or questions email showyourtalent@h20.gg or Peter Bus 0651592032