Coaching

Coaching and Mentoring Coaching is a way to give employees instruction on how they can better use the skills and expertise they already have more effectively Bentley (1996). Mentoring is a process of aiding another with transitions; it is about one person helping another Megginson (1995). The primary function of a mentoring relationship is to further the career of the mentee, but the person being mentored is not the only one who benefits from the relationship. Coaching and mentoring are…

Introduction Coaching and Mentoring are popular tools used in leadership development and sometimes the terms are used interchangeably. Still, many of us are unclear what these words mean or when to use them, or how to identify the differences between these two approaches. A coach is “the act of training staff in business or office practice” whereas a mentor is “the practice of assigning a junior member of staff to the care of a more experienced person who assists him in his career” (Collins,…

not give them playing time. Many coaches do not realize how much they are damaging a player when they do not give a player much playing time or simply just yelling at them. Mike Edger composed an article for The Sport Psychology titled How Bully Coaching Affects…

Robert Hargrove 's book Masterful Coaching provides insight to an extensive range of coaching models and techniques. Although Hargrove 's emphasis is on facilitating coaching strategies to corporations and teams, his training can be integrated when coaching individuals. Hargrove 's concept of the "transformational coach” objective is to uncover the resourcefully creative skills of the individual. Hargrove is confident that a masterful coach is above all someone who is brave enough to turn a…

What is Cognitive Coaching? Coaching according to Costa and Garmston (1994) is defined as a people based art and the center of management that occurs within a relationship that is action oriented, result oriented, and person oriented (Costa and Garmston, 1994). Expert cognitive coaches apply specific techniques to improve another person’s perceptions, decisions, and intellectual functions (Costa & Garmston, 1994). According to these authors, changing these inner thought processes is prerequisite…

coach with the main key coaching elements and high competencies can shift this perception to refocus their viewpoints. There are several factors that contribute to positive or negative coaching outcomes, and as a coach one must diffenciate what is organizational coaching, and understand the skills and expertise needed to act in such a capacity. Coaches…

Introduction This observational report analyses and reflects upon coaching methodology and styles currently in operation. It identifies and contrasts its various styles of coaching obtained from the observation of the dynamic and multifaceted relationship between coach and athlete whilst performing in their training environment. For the purpose of this analytical report and as a principal influence in my non delineated guideline, I made use of the already existing observational methods (ASUOI)…

Coaching is a very common thing that lots of people want to do. The occupation is mainly built around experience the more experience an individual has the more opportunity an individual will have. The three main levels of basketball coaching are high school, college and NBA these three levels are similar but have some differences. I will go into details about each of these levels and give general information of them. The high school/middle school level of coaching is the first step of…

The coach utilises the command, submissive and co-operative coaching styles across the three sporting levels, 10-11 year old children, U20s local club team and NZ Olympic athletes. The command style is strongly focused on coaches who like to “make all the decisions” and the “role of the athlete is to respond to the coach’s commands” (Martens, 2004, p. 30). With this coaching style it is portrayed to be one sided, the coach tells the athlete what to do, where to be, and how to do it so there’s no…

Conducting Coaching Sessions: The GROW Model Introduction The purpose of this session is the continued collaboration between the coach and coachee in working towards his ultimate goals. The ultimate goal is to assist the coachee in achieving his performance goal, and overcoming his pessimistic personality. In session to the coach and coachee addressed the G and R components of the GROW model for change. However in this session, we will utilize the O component of the Grow Model. During the O…