Values Based Coaching - a masterclass by Adam Commens
by The Hockey Site
Description
Adam Commens played field hockey for Australia at the Sydney Olympics, winning bronze. He coached for both Belgium (men) and Australia (women), respectively at the Beijing and Rio Olympics and following Rio 2016 settled in Belgium to lead their high performance teams to further successes.
One of the key factors of the rise of Belgium in international field hockey has been their Values Based Coaching approach. Commens is one of the architects of the spectacular rise of Belgian hockey…
On October 16 in 2020 we spoke about the secret sauce for Belgium’s recent successes: values!
Lessons
The Coach
Adam Commens (1976) is a hockey coach from Australia. In his playing days he won a bronze in the Sydney Olympics. When he missed out on the Athens Olympics due to injury he moved to Belgium.
Following his playing career he was asked by the Belgian federation to take on their national men’s team (Red Lions) and within weeks he qualified for the Beijing Olympics with them.
In 2009 he moved back to Australia to coach their national women’s team (Hockeyroos) winning World Cup silver in 2014. Following Rio 2016 he returned to Belgium where he became the High Performance Director for the Belgian federation. Since his appointment to this position the Red Lions (men) have won World Cup gold in 2018, European gold in 2019 and Olympic gold in 2021. The Red Panthers (women) won European silver, came in 4th in the Paris 2024 Games and have risen from outside the top 10 to a steady 3rd spot in the global ranking.
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This Course Includes
| 24 hours on-demand video |
| Streaming from mobile and TV |
| Lifetime access |
| Certificate of completion |
| 100% money back guarantee |
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| Caterory: | Field Hockey/Coaching Field Hockey |
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| Tags: | hockey , field hockey , field hockey coaching , values based coaching , coaching philosophy |
