The new book by Graham Hooper · Launching 1 November 2026
Coaching for Driver Development
The complete guide to bringing coaching into everyday driving lessons, from the first drive to the test and beyond.
Every paperback signed by Graham, with free UK postage and packing on pre-orders. Not ready to buy? Get notified at launch.
Why this book
Every instructor knows the learner who passes comfortably and then, a few months later, has a bump, a near miss or a scare. They could control the car. They could read the junction. What they had not yet learned was to judge themselves: their motives, their limits and the pressures that shape their choices.
That cannot be taught by telling. It has to be coached. Coaching for Driver Development draws on more than thirty years in UK driver training to show you how, in the car, on real lessons, with real learners.
What you will find inside
- When to teach, coach or mentor, and why coaching works in driver training
- Ethics, professionalism and the instructor–learner relationship
- Behaviour change, risk and the Theory of Planned Behaviour
- Setting the coaching goal, powerful questions and the levels of listening
- Managing emotions, anxiety and test nerves
- GROW and T-GROW for structuring lessons
- Tools, techniques and activities you can use straight away
- Reflection, self-evaluation and coaching for lifetime safety
Twenty chapters, each ending with reflection tasks so you can put it into practice on your next lesson.
Choose your copy
Signed paperback
£19.99
- Signed by Graham
- Free UK postage and packing on pre-orders
- Posted to you after launch, planned for 1 November 2026
Ebook
£12.99
- Download sent to you on launch day
- Read on your phone, tablet or computer
How the pre-order works: you pay today and your copy is sent on launch day, planned for 1 November 2026. Signed paperbacks pre-ordered before launch come with free UK postage and packing. If the date changes, pre-order customers hear first. Not ready to buy? Get notified at launch.
Start now with the free GDE guide
If you would like a taste of the approach before launch, my guide Making Sense of the Goals for Driver Education works through the GDE matrix in fourteen short parts, with practical ideas for every lesson. Read the series on the blog.
About the author
Graham Hooper has spent more than thirty years in UK driver training. He is Head of Driver Training Development at the Driving Instructors Association, an ORDIT-registered trainer and holder of ADI Grade A. He brought the first Coaching for Driver Development qualification to the ADI industry and runs GJH Consultancy.