1. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 1 A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches

2. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 2 Workshop Outcomes 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 By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to:

3. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 3 Stages of ‘Coach’ Learning

4. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 4 Mentoring in Different Contexts

5. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 5 Mentoring Triangle

6. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 6 How People Learn: Information Processing

7. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 7 The Self-reflection Cycle

8. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 8 Mentor’s Role in Reflection

9. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 9 Core Mentoring Skills Active listening Active questioning Developmental feedback Observation

10. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 10 Structure of a Mentoring Situation Pre-session meeting Activity/meeting Post-session reflection

11. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 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. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 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. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 13 Influences on Coach Profiling

14. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 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. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 15 SMARTER Goals

16. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 16 Key Steps to Developing a Personal Development Plan

17. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 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. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 18 Workshop Outcomes 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 By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to:

19. A Guide to Mentoring Sports Coaches  Slide 19 Thank you Have a safe journey home