MentorHB: General

I started writing a book when I was working for pokerstaking to help improve the mentoring, wanted to keep a copy of it so posted it on my blog, I've only written 2 sections and the rest I'd just drafted the notes - still useful to get it on paper. Don't think I will finish it now as I quit working for PS and also intend to take on a few mentees in the following months, want to focus on them and as always, improving my own game :) 

• Mentee Goals and Ambitions
• Developing a Relationship
• Game Selection
• Tracking Progress
• Mentallity
• Session Ideas
• Miscellaneous
  
  
  Session Ideas (HEM/Live/Sharkscope) - interactive sessions ensure mentee is active in the session / opening their mind with open ended questions / filters / marking up & reviewing hands / happy with HUD - elaborate more this section about actual poker & ways to improve their actual play / leak finding session - add filters to document
  
  
  
  
  Video (mentor can create in own time from hands sent by the mentee or a specific tournament), camtasia
  Email or Word Document Report – as above but with email or word document response
  
  
  
  
  Interactive sessions – make sure mentee is participating, ask questions to stimulate thinking (what about if you 88 here rather than JJ, etc.)
  Ask for mentee to explain their thought process as that is what you need to know to help them improve (i.e. if they have any errors in their analysis or missing out vital information)
  
  
  Developing a Relationship:
  
  
  Relationship – first find out whats wrong, if the mentee was a winning player, but isn't now, then what has changed/what needs to change? (ask) important mentee believes in you/trusts in you/ enthusiasm is contagious (if they do not work hard or ignore your advice then give them grief!)
  Player needs to be honest about how he is playing
  Ensure on right level with the mentee, that they understand what you are saying and why you are saying it
  Active listener (not just a lecture, its 1 to 1)
  
  
  Game Selection
  
  
  how many to play at a time
  ensure they are playing within their limits
  put together a schedule – add games for them to play when going well for the month (motivation)
  
  
  Sharkscope:
  Rebuys/non rebuys
  6 max/non 6 max
  buy in levels
  satellites
  turbos
  add screenshots
  
  
  
  
  Mentality
  
  
  Believe they can win, focus their energy in the right place, improve their brain, balance poker and life, enjoying poker
  Encouragement
  Positivity
  Mentallity - warming up before playing, review tactical errors, time on tables against off the tables, learning process (do they play different in replayer then when at the table) attitude confidence / willing to learn / apply new ideas, positive attitude, accepts he is human will make mistakes,
  
  
  Miscellaneous
  
  
  Links to articles and videos – if you read a good article or watch a good video online then email the links to your mentees, reference them to books you believe could improve their game.
  Post on forums
  Misc - Feedback /