1. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches

2. 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

3. Stages of ‘Coach’ Learning

4. Mentoring in Different Contexts

5. Mentoring Triangle

6. How People Learn: Information Processing

7. The Self-reflection Cycle

8. Mentor’s Role in Reflection

9. Core Mentoring Skills Active listening Active questioning
Developmental feedback
Observation

10. Structure of a Mentoring Situation
Pre-session meeting
Activity/meeting
Post-session reflection

11. 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

12. 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

13. Influences on Coach Profiling

14. 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

15. SMARTER Goals

16. Key Steps to Developing a Personal Development Plan

17. 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

18. 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

19. Thank you Have a safe journey home