 Mentoring and developmental networksJordan S. Lefebvre, Danielle Alexander-Urquhart, Koon Teck Koh and Gordon A. Bloom Chapter 8 in Handbook of Sport Coaching Research, 2026, pp 80-91 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: The past few decades have seen an abundance of mentoring research across many disciplines, including sport coaching. Despite this, mentoring scholars have been advocating for alternative conceptual approaches, including the developmental network perspective. Accordingly, the purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the research on mentoring and developmental networks in sport coaching. This chapter begins with the traditional understanding of mentoring in sport coaching that includes informal, formal, and virtual forms. The second part discusses the developmental network perspective, including how and why it was proposed as an extension of mentoring. This section includes an overview of dyadic, triadic, and polyadic relationship structures that can make up a developmental network, as well as the social network principles involved in developmental networks and the research in sport that uses this approach. Lastly, this chapter concludes by offering future directions for sport coaching research in this domain. Keywords: Coach Development; Coach Learning; Developmental Relationships; Informal Learning; Professional Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23697_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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