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A coach is a person who
supports people (clients) to achieve
their goals, with goal setting,
encouragement and questions. Unlike a
counselor or mentor, a coach rarely
offers advice. However, term coaching
is often misused in situations where
the "coach" provides expert
opinion and "how to" answers
and advice. Coaching does not include
the given solution for the problem but
will energize the coachee to solve the
problem. Typically, a coach helps
clients to find their own solutions,
by asking questions that give them
insight into their situations. A coach
holds a client accountable, so if a
client agrees to a plan to achieve a
goal, a coach will help motivate them
to complete their plan.
This use of the term
"coaching" appears to have
origins in English traditional
university "cramming" in the
mid-19th century. (The name allegedly
recalls the multitasking skills
associated with controlling the team
of a horse-drawn stagecoach.) By the
1880s American college sports
teams had -- in addition to managers
-- coaches.
Some time in the 20th century,
non-sporting coaches emerged: non-experts
in the specific technical skills of
their clients, but who nevertheless
ventured to offer generalised
motivational or inspirational advice.
Current practices in performance
coaching in non-sporting environments
focus on non-directive questioning,
provocation and helping clients to
analyse and solve their own
challenges, rather than offering
advice or direction (see Tim Gallwey's
The Inner Game of Tennis or
Myles Downey's Effective Coaching).
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