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Mentoring and Discipline in Youth Sports

Mentoring and Discipline
The Role They Play In Youth Sports
Gen 101 Skills for Lifelong Learning I
Sue Reynolds
September 15, 2003


Abstract
Educational or academic mentoring helps mentored youth improve their overall academic achievement. Career mentoring helps mentored youth develop the necessary skills to enter or continue on a career path. Personal development mentoring supports mentored youth during times of personal or social stress and provides guidance for decision making.
Educational, Career, and Personal Development Mentoring initiatives can all be successfully delivered through the efforts and guidance of managers and/or coaches of youth sports programs; therefore mentoring in your sports provides a positive direction for today¡¦s youth. Youth Sports establish discipline. Discipline leads to success.

Mentoring and Discipline
The concept of mentoring goes back to ancient Athens. The term "mentoring" comes from Homer's The Odyssey, in which the character...

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