Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports

In the sporting world, coaching has always been the primary instructional approach that is employed to develop athletes’ performance. That is because sports have often been equated with performance at elite levels in competitions, tournaments, championships, and professional sports. It has never bee...

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Main Authors: Lee, Kwan Meng, Ismail, Ismi Arif, Eric Krauss, Steven, Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Innovare Academics Sciences 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/1/YOUTH.pdf
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author Lee, Kwan Meng
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Eric Krauss, Steven
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
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Ismail, Ismi Arif
Eric Krauss, Steven
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description In the sporting world, coaching has always been the primary instructional approach that is employed to develop athletes’ performance. That is because sports have often been equated with performance at elite levels in competitions, tournaments, championships, and professional sports. It has never been focused on human development, including in youth development. Mentoring is rarely been mentioned in sports though it does have a role in sport athlete development. Employing mentoring and coaching in sports takes different approaches, and so are its goal and objectives. Nevertheless, both mentoring and coaching can complement and support each other in developing the youth athlete. Little however is known about how mentoring can be employed in sports. This paper therefore explores, examines and discusses the distinctions between both mentoring and coaching and how they contribute to positive youth development through sports participation. It discusses their distinctions, and present the two pathways of sports and recreation in youth development through mentoring and coaching. The outcomes and benefits of mentoring and coaching contributes to the holistic and performance development of the youth athlete.
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spelling upm-889112021-10-04T23:53:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/ Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports Lee, Kwan Meng Ismail, Ismi Arif Eric Krauss, Steven Arshad, Mohd Mursyid In the sporting world, coaching has always been the primary instructional approach that is employed to develop athletes’ performance. That is because sports have often been equated with performance at elite levels in competitions, tournaments, championships, and professional sports. It has never been focused on human development, including in youth development. Mentoring is rarely been mentioned in sports though it does have a role in sport athlete development. Employing mentoring and coaching in sports takes different approaches, and so are its goal and objectives. Nevertheless, both mentoring and coaching can complement and support each other in developing the youth athlete. Little however is known about how mentoring can be employed in sports. This paper therefore explores, examines and discusses the distinctions between both mentoring and coaching and how they contribute to positive youth development through sports participation. It discusses their distinctions, and present the two pathways of sports and recreation in youth development through mentoring and coaching. The outcomes and benefits of mentoring and coaching contributes to the holistic and performance development of the youth athlete. Innovare Academics Sciences 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/1/YOUTH.pdf Lee, Kwan Meng and Ismail, Ismi Arif and Eric Krauss, Steven and Arshad, Mohd Mursyid (2020) Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7 (13). 553 - 559. ISSN 2394-5125 http://www.jcreview.com/index.php?mno=119425 10.31838/jcr.07.13.100
spellingShingle Lee, Kwan Meng
Ismail, Ismi Arif
Eric Krauss, Steven
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
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title Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
title_full Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
title_fullStr Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
title_full_unstemmed Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
title_short Exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
title_sort exploring positive youth development through mentoring and coaching in sports
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88911/1/YOUTH.pdf