Positioning Mentoring as a Coach Development Tool: Recommendations for Future Practice and Research |
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| Authors: | Sarah McQuade Louise Davis Christine Nash |
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| Affiliation: | 1. etc Consultants, Amherst, Massachusetts;2. Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom;3. Institute of Sport, PE and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Current thinking in coach education advocates mentoring as a development tool to connect theory and practice. However, little empirical evidence exists to evaluate the effectiveness of mentoring as a coach development tool. Business, education, and nursing precede the coaching industry in their mentoring practice, and research findings offered in these domains could be drawn upon to position mentoring as sports coaching development tool. Given the remote basis of some of mentor–coach relationships in sports coaching, additional learning can be drawn from mentoring conducted by virtual or electronic mediums. This article concludes with a series of reflective questions arising from research findings in other domains, designed to engage the potential coaching organization with the mentoring process. |
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| Keywords: | Coach development effectiveness informal and formal learning mentoring mentor–coach relationships |
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