Mentors Role

[Chief Hedgehog]

Mentoring is an incredible experience; mentoring your old team can be something different. It can be a rewarding experience, but it will be very trying. It has worked swimmingly for 4607 and we do encourage our alum to come back and mentor.

But for advice on being a mentor, model how you want your team to approach the season. You will get wrapped up in it as much as the students, so be certain to constantly remind yourself to take a step back and just observe while you re-evaluate the progress in motion.

Remove roadblocks when necessary.
As much as you will want to point out to solve point out their problems and upcoming struggles, sometimes it is better to anticipate these and have a plan for getting them through it. And sometimes mentors just have to remove roadblocks that the students cannot do themselves.

This program is guided learning in its truest sense. Treat it as such.

Good luck sir!