What is Reflection? Why is it important?

Throughout any coaches' experience, reflection is a vital factor in learning/developing.

"Reflection is an active process of witnessing one’s own experience in order to take a closer look at it, sometimes to direct attention to it briefly, but often to explore it in greater depth." (Amulya, 2004)

As quoted above, reflection is a process where you look at your own coaching experiences in greater depth. By doing this coaches can look at things that worked, and things that didn't. They can experiment on different coaching styles/techniques, and look in depth as to which one works best for them.

References

Amulya, J. (2004). "What Is Reflective Practice". The Centre for Reflective Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.