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A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches. Workshop Outcomes. By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to:. identify important learning opportunities for coaches outline the potential roles of the mentor in the development of coaches
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Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: • identify important learning opportunities for coaches • outline the potential roles of the mentor in the development of coaches • explain how a mentor can help to maximise these learning opportunities • manage the self-reflection, coach profiling and development planning processes • identify the core skills of mentoring • develop a personal mentor profile and development plan
Core Mentoring Skills • Active listening • Active questioning • Developmental feedback • Observation
Structure of a Mentoring Situation • Pre-session meeting • Activity/meeting • Post-session reflection
Important Aims Pre-session meeting • A shared understanding • Clarifying expectations • Establishing priorities • Agreeing goals Session (coaching session or other activity) • Normality • Interaction depends on: event; stage of learning of the coach; level of acquaintance Reflection • Quality of communication • Coach leads • Beware of advising and fixing
Coach Profiling • Outlines the coach’s self-image • Helps to develop empathy between mentor and coach • Helps the mentor to be relevant to the coach’s expressed needs • Is the basis for a development plan for the coach
Profiling Instructions • The coach outlines the qualities of a good coach in their opinion • The meaning of each quality is clarified by the coach • The coach selects the most important qualities • These are plotted on the profile • The coach rates him/herself in each quality on a scale of 1–10 • The score is plotted on the profile
Mentoring Can: • serve as a motivational experience for coaches • improve your own coaching by analysis of another’s methods and ideas • improve your coaching by enhancing coaching-related skills such as communication skills, analysis and observation • give job satisfaction and a sense of great achievement • build greater awareness of the needs of other coaches • challenge preconceptions and beliefs • assist coaches with self-reflection
Workshop Outcomes By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to: • identify important learning opportunities for coaches • outline the potential roles of the mentor in the development of coaches • explain how a mentor can help to maximise these learning opportunities • manage the self-reflection, coach profiling and development planning processes • identify the core skills of mentoring • develop a personal mentor profile and development plan