A mentoring conversation in community sports coaching : Martyn Cooke (mentor) and Lisa Snape (mentee)

Gale, Laura; Taylor, William; Cooke, Martyn

Abstract

The nature of community coaching is very chaotic, with Lisa, the novice coach, working with a variety of vulnerable groups across differing ages. Lisa is poorly prepared for the realities of entering the world of community coaching and sports provision. With the absence of support structures, e.g. National Governing Body training programmes, the role of mentor becomes imperative, with mentoring responsibilities spread between Martyn and the rest of the team. Mentoring is an embedded daily practice, centred on a ‘desire to talk with a purpose’ to drive Lisa’s learning so that she becomes an effective community coach.

Citation

Gale, L., Taylor, W., & Cooke, M. (2018). A mentoring conversation in community sports coaching : Martyn Cooke (mentor) and Lisa Snape (mentee). In F. C. Chambers (Ed.), Learning to mentor in sports coaching: a design thinking approach. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315172279

• Online Publication Date: May 10, 2018
• Publication Date: May 3, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 4, 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Series Title: Routledge Research in Sports Coaching
• Book Title: Learning to mentor in sports coaching: a design thinking approach
• Chapter Number: 4
• ISBN: 9781138044531 ; 9780367591052
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315172279
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4401848