The Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
We are a highly competent team with long and unique experience from various coaching roles for exercisers, younger athletes and several of the world's best athletes. We have a huge passion about performance development, and we work extremely hard to create development together with you - regardless of level!
Yngve Hoel
Topptrener 2 fra Olympiatoppen/NTNU
Spesialisering i skiteknikk og coaching
15 VM-gull
Yngve is certified Elite Coach (Topptrener 2) from the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee (Olympiatoppen) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specializing in the development of cross-country skiing technique and coaching. He is a coach and national team athlete, with 13 World Championships gold medals and 15 European Championships gold medals on his track record. Through extensive experience as a top athlete and coach for elite athletes, exercisers and younger athletes, Yngve has acquired unique and in-depth knowledge in areas such as technique development, training philosophy, performance culture and coaching.
Yngve is widely used as a speaker within sports and business. He is also instructor and one of the leaders of the development program for coaches in NHF.
Yngve also holds a MSc in Economics, and he has over 10 years experience from performance development work within management consulting at EY and KPMG.
Key competencies
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Technique development
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Training
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Coaching
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Project management
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Performance culture
Tord Asle Gjerdalen
Langrennsløper og lege
Vasaloppseier og 3 x Marcialongaseier
2 VM-gull, 3 OL
Tord is one of the world's best cross-country skiers. He has three victories in Marcialonga, and victory in the Vasaloppet in the record time of 3.28.18. He was on the Norwegian national cross-country team for 8 years, and won two World Championships gold medals and two World Championships bronzes, in addition to three Olympics. He has two Ski Classics overall victories and 12 individual victories.
Through his career as a top athlete, Tord has acquired extensive knowledge and experience in areas such as training philosophy, recovery, sports nutrition and the ability to see which qualities need to be improved in order to succeed. In addition to being an athlete himself, Tord has been a coach for athletes at various levels, and a mentor for athletes such as Andreas Nygaard, Øyvind Moen Fjeld and Thomas Ødegaarden on their way to top results in Ski Classics.
In addition to his national team career, Tord has completed medical education, with a particular focus on recovery, sleep, HRV heart rate measurements and innovative sports technology.
Key competencies
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Training
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Recovery
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Technique development
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Health
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Sports nutrition
Yvette Hoel
Fysioterapeut og fysisk trener
Coaching og Mental trening
4 VM-gull
Yvette is a physiotherapist and strength & conditioning coach, and has worked at the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee (Olympiatoppen) for more than 10 years. She specializes in movement analysis and the development of physical skills to enhance sport-specific technique and physical capacities. In addition, she has extensive experience in injury rehabilitation and injury prevention, working with both athletes and recreational exercisers.
She has worked with athletes at both developmental and elite levels, with particular expertise in strength training, coordination, balance, mobility, and body awareness.
Yvette is a former cross-country skier and national team athlete in Nordic-style dog sledding, with four World Championship gold medals. She is a certified specialist physiotherapist and also holds education in mental training, coaching, and pedagogy.
Key competencies
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Strength training
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Physical skill development
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Technique development
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Physiotherapy