Global Mentoring Programme Curriculum

Global Mentoring Programme

A curriculum for mentors and mentees

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Course curriculum

1. Survey
2. Course Introduction
3. Introduction to Sam & TAP
4. Introduction to Laurence Halsted
5. Earliest Memory of Being Inspired Through Sport
6. Tips on Getting The Most Out Of The Course
7. Accountability Buddies
8. About You
9. Butterfly Logo
10. Butterfly Breathing
1. Introduction to Mindfulness
2. Mindfulness 101
3. Benefits of Mindfulness
4. Athletes Practicing Mindfulness
5. Trauma and Mindfulness
6. Having a Beginner´s Mind and Listening to Your Body
7. Mindful Sit
8. Home Practice
1. Controllables Intro
2. Preparation
3. Preparation Survey
4. Areas To Improve On
5. Butterfly Breathing
6. Effort Description
7. Attitude Description
8. Introducing the Rating System
9. The Rating System Continued
10. Tracking E&A Ratings
11. Tracking E&A Ratings Tables
12. Check In Check Out Scores
1. Introduction to Embracing Vulnerability
2. The Power of Vulnerability
3. Embracing Vulnerability Audio
4. Butterfly Breathing
5. Embracing Vulnerability Exercise
6. Putting It Into Action
1. Love vs Fear Reframing
2. Love Survey
3. Love vs Fear Introductory Quotes
4. Love For Your Sport
5. Butterfly Breathing
6. Love For Self
7. Myths Of Self Compassion
8. Love for Teammates
9. Love For Opponents
10. Matilda´s Story
11. Love For Opponents - A Better Way
12. Love vs Fear Application Exercise
13. Daily Self-Mastery
14. Daily Self-Mastery Exercise
1. An Ecological Approach
2. A Model for Becoming a CEO Athlete
3. Becoming a CEO Athlete
1. Mindful Walk
2. Introduction to Mindful Walking
3. The Second Arrow
4. The Second Arrow Reflection
5. The 20 Second Weapon
6. The 20 Second Weapon Reflection
7. 3-Part Breathing Routine
8. Home Practice
9. Dynamic Mindfulness
1. Time to Reflect
2. Introduction to Identity & Values
3. Life Outside of Sport
4. Butterfly Breathing
5. Athlete Personal Narratives
6. Reflection
7. Lizzie Simmonds Blog
8. From The Lives Of Others
9. Celebrate Humanity
10. Your Journey on Identity and Values
11. Core Values & Identity
12. Step 1: The Thought Experiment
13. Step 2: Reflections
14. Step 3: Choosing your Values
15. Step 4: Defining your Values
16. Step 5: Living True to your Values
17. Values Challenge
1. Tracing your hand, grounding exercise
2. Create your own grounding exercise
3. Check In Practices to Build Awareness
4. Mindful Eating
1. Time to Reflect
2. Introduction to Community Responsibility
3. Athletes Giving Back
4. Butterfly Breathing
5. Charity Letter Exercise
6. Introduction to Athlete Activism
7. TAP Speaks: Athlete Activism and the Olympic Games
8. Whakapapa
9. Belonging Trailer
10. Sport Quiz
11. Task: From The History Books
12. Butterfly Breathing
13. The Nicholas Winton Story
14. Becoming a change-maker
15. Resource: Designing for Social Change
16. Resource: Lead Like The Great Conductors
17. Task: Share Your Idea
1. Body Scan Resource
2. Loving Kindness Meditation
3. Resource: Greater Good Magazine
4. How Mindfulness Empowers Us: An Animation Narrated by Sharon Salzberg
5. Home Practice
6. Caring For Yourself
1. Time to Reflect
2. Nature and Connectedness Introduction
3. The Power Of Nature Connectedness
4. Butterfly Breathing
5. Nature For Athletes
6. LEAF Exercise
7. Join a Movement
8. 5 Senses Meditation, Grounding Practice
1. Gratitude for Sport
2. Reach Out With Gratitude
3. Introducing the ‘Got to - Get to’ Switch
4. Butterfly Breathing
5. Thank you Letter Challenge
6. Gratitude Challenge
1. Part 1: Writing the World
2. Part 2: Choosing
1. Attitude of Gratitude Research Paper
2. Amazing Animal Moments
3. Bonus Exercise: Walk like a Panther
4. How to Feed the Good Wolf
5. Time to Reflect
1. Diaphragmatic Breathing
2. Mindful Walk
3. Walking Meditation: Jack Kornfield
4. Begin Again
5. 9 Attitudes of Mindfulness: Jon Kabat-Zinn
6. Values Check In
7. Butterfly Breathing
8. Post-Course Assesment
9. Final Reflection

About this course

Free
136 lessons

Instructor(s)

Sam Parfitt

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Sam Parfitt is the CEO and Founder of The True Athlete Project (TAP) and a global leader in social impact through sport. He is a former NCAA division one tennis player, coach, and mindfulness teacher, with an MSc in Sport Policy, Management and International Development from the University of Edinburgh. Using his experiences in sport - both positive and negative - Sam pioneered a mindfulness-based approach to sport which aims to make a profound difference to the lives of children, young people and athletes around the world, and to the culture of sport as a whole. He brings this approach to life across diverse contexts - from working with Olympic athletes and at-risk Hispanic youth, to community volunteers in Scotland and young leaders in sub-saharan Africa and the Middle East. He is a member of the Euphrates Peace Practice Alliance.

Laurence Halsted

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Laurence Halsted is a two-time British Olympic fencer and multiple European medallist, who competed in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. After more than a decade of performing at the highest levels of sport, Laurence hung up his swords and took on a role as the Performance Director of a national federation alongside becoming the Director of mentoring at The True Athlete Project. In 2021 Laurence published TAP's book, Becoming a True Athlete - a practical philosophy for flourishing through sport, which goes far beyond the results and medals to rediscover the true value of being an athlete. Laurence is on a mission to help people to discover that a mindful, compassionate approach to life is both far healthier and more sustainable and will also help us to perform better than what our traditional concepts would have us believe about succeeding in life.