TheHelpSide As one of only 16 Kookaburras to have won an Olympic gold medal, Michael McCann can rightly be considered one of the greats of Australian Hockey. From his aunty giving him 10 cents a goal as a kid running around Bankstown in Sydney’s west, to playing in the pressure cooker of Olympic and World Cup finals, and now coaching at the elite level in Germany, Mick has done just about everything there is to do in our sport.

Mick’s insight, humour and unbridled love of hockey shine through in this interview and you will come to appreciate why Mick believes “hockey is in his blood". He takes behind the scenes of the famous Athens gold medal-winning class of 2004, with some cracking stories that you won’t want to miss. We end up in Europe where Mick reflects on the culture shock of starting out as a coach in Germany, a nation where things are done a bit differently from the way we do things in Australia.