Mentor Training – Sample Program - Basketball SA

15 min • Setting ground rules anddeveloping anagreement• Ask a mentor and coach/official to share their goals with the group. This can be presented in person,on video or in written form. Discussion and questions about goal setting can be encouraged at thistime.• If you have been selected as a mentor in your sport, you probably have a number of other voluntaryroles like coaching, officiating, administration, assessing and/or competing. You therefore need toconsider what level of commitment and how much time you are prepared to give to your coach/official.• PowerPoint slide # 16 – Setting the ground rules• Setting some ground rules and developing an agreement at the beginning will prevent any problemsoccurring later• It is important to discuss with your coach/official when you will meet and how you will communicate. Isit OK for them to call you at midnight to discuss tactics for tomorrow’s game? Are you the sort ofperson who likes short, sharp feedback sessions or do you prefer in-depth discussions over lunch?What is the coach’s/official’s preferred learning style?• Formal agreements• developed by the mentor and coach/official which includes time and location of meetings as wellas agreed goals and outcomes for the relationship.• Informal agreement role play• Conduct an informal role play between two people to demonstrate setting goals and developingan agreement on an informal basis20 mins Empowerment • PowerPoint slide #17 - Empowerment: Mentoring is a process…• PowerPoint slide #18 - Empowerment: Who is driving…? Emphasise that it is the coach/official,not the mentor who is responsible for driving the relationship.• PowerPoint slide #19 - Empowerment scenarios. Discuss the scenarios in small groups and workout your proposed solution. Report back to the bigger group.• PowerPoint slide #20 - Empowering the coach/official. This PowerPoint slide summarises somepractical things that the mentor can do to promote empowerment. Ask the group if there otheractions they can think of?10 mins Observation • Explain that observation can be a two way process, either with mentors observing the coach/officialin action and providing feedback, or with the coach/official observing the mentor in action, followed bya discussion about what the mentor did and why they did it• Discuss issues relating to observation. For example, when is it appropriate to observe, how to beunobtrusive, explaining the observation process to the athletes first, difficulties in observing via video(See following letters as an example of an interaction based on video observation).• PowerPoint slide # 21 - Observation checklist. Ask participants to work in pairs, with one acting asthe mentor and the other as the coach/official. In these pairs, discuss the sample observationchecklist provided on p.12. The person playing the role of the mentor should check if there are areas© Australian Sports Commission 2006 9