Specifically with relation to elite athlete guidance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel has provided expertise in the area of performance behaviour through its professor Sports Psychology Paul Wylleman since 2014. As performance manager he is part of NOC*NSF’s High Performance Team, led by Maurits Hendriks. Wylleman focuses on the development and optimisation of performance behaviour in athletes and teams, in close consultation with federation and Olympic coaches. Plenty of attention is also paid to the clinical guidance of elite athletes. Wylleman brought together a team of experts in the field of performance behaviour that he manages in function of the effective and efficient guidance of Dutch talents, elite athletes and coaches. As a member of TeamNL he was part of the preparation of Dutch Olympians for the 2016 Games as well as being on site in Rio to guide TeamNL.