Learning to Mentor in Sports Coaching - 9781138044531

Taylor & Francis

Learning to Mentor in Sports CoachingA Design Thinking Approach\nAuthor(s): Fiona C. Chambers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138044531, 978-1138044531\nSynopsis\nLearning to Mentor in Sports Coaching is an innovative, user-friendly, practical and theoretical guide for educating sports coaches as mentors. It is the first book to employ design thinking techniques to develop a new approach to mentor education in sports coaching. \n\nProviding theoretical grounding in mentoring conversations, design thinking and case study research, the book centres on a series of redesigned mentoring conversations between some of the worlds leading sports coaching experts, coach educators, mentors and mentees. It covers topics such as: \n\nsupporting novice volunteer coaches learning\n\nthe learning needs of novice volunteer coaches and novice professional coaches\n\nprofessional communities of learning in coaching\n\nthe impact o.