About diversity, development and the added value of playing indoor hockey
Watch these for free for all for a week
December is the typical month to look back. So I thought it would be a good idea to bring you one of our masterclasses & workshops from at least a year ago. Not to just to help you remember we have more in our catalog than what you got in your mailbox recently.
Besides that we’re also bringing back some of content on indoor hockey. We love this format of our game of hockey. So these next few weeks we’ll make one of our videos on indoor hockey free for all as well. See below ↓
The masterclass below, about diversity as a superpower, will be available for free for all for a week, when we post another one from our catalog…
Diversity is a superpower
In the constantly evolving world of elite field hockey, the hunt for high performance and sustainable success is more demanding than ever. Reflecting today’s increasingly interconnected global landscape, the capacity to build truly diverse and resilient environments within teams and—as this masterclass illuminates—coaching staffs, is emerging as a critical competitive edge. In this masterclass we’re joined by Rein van Eijk (head coach of the German Men's U21 ‘Eagles’), whose recent triumph as Junior World Champion was achieved with an extraordinarily diverse coaching unit. Drawing both on his Dutch roots and extensive international coaching exposure, Rein details why and how diversity is not only a buzzword or social imperative but a strategic superpower in the context of modern field hockey coaching.
Rein van Eijk was the coach of the German U21 men back in 2024 and took on a new challenge early 2025 as the head coach for the Belgian national women’s team.
In 2025 he also wrote several posts about developing the next generation which have always been a part of our offer to our free subscribers ↓
The Ones We Leave Behind: A Deeper Look at Selection, Deselection, and the Nature of Talent
The Illusion of Always Being Right
More Than Talent: Why Culture Turns Potential into Performance
A companion to “The Ones We Leave Behind”
The Pipeline Problem: How Talent Selection Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A follow-up to “More Than Talent” and “The Ones We Leave Behind”
The Would-Have-Beens: Why Talent Alone Has Never Been Enough
A follow-up to “More Than Talent” and “The Ones We Leave Behind” — from early advantages to elite excellence: why resilience, collaboration, and sacrifice still define the journey.
And as promised above, we’ll also share one of our indoor videos and make it free for all for a week ↓
The added value of indoor hockey
Indoor hockey is the short format of our traditional 11v11 game. In most countries around the world it is being played indoor why it got its unfortunate name, because there is no reason why you should not play this game outdoors either 🙂 Also, the added value of indoor hockey for our regular game is undeniable.
And what do you know… we found another one by Rein van Eijk 😉
As we’re preparing 2026, feel free to share your ideas, wishes and suggestions about coaches you would like to hear from. Or the topics you would like to see. Let me know ↓
