The Student Sports Federations (SSBs) are umbrella organisation of all student sports associations of one specific sport. They connect national sports federations with student sports associations, forming hugely important links for Dutch student sports. SSBs identify trends at member associations and bring these directly to SSN. This allows SSN to effectively act as a culture guard and improve conditions for student sport. Thus, SSN tries to optimise the conditions for enabling student sport, both in the field of sports and in the field of cadres.