Here are a few important things you as a coach should consider when creating and designing coaching practices for your players.


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The course led by coach development mentors Sarah McQuade and Linda Low, from e.t.c coaching consultants, runs over a six-week period, comprising live and recorded webinars, online learning, forums, discussions and course assessment and diploma certification endorsed by United Soccer Coaches.

This technical guide supports our New Coach course, and those coaches managing a team for the first time.

If you have any suggestions for content or courses you'd like to see on the MiMentor Platform, then we'd love to hear from you!

This course for football coaches and managers will give you some ideas, tips and resources to help you better manage your team's match day experience.

What is a growth mindset and how can it help you and your players reach your potential? Check out our guide for coaches.

Anthony Limbrick, manager of Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints, joined our coach experts Ross Embleton and Jamie Godbold to talk about his thoughts and experiences on his coaching journey in the professional game.

Daryl McMahon, boss of National League outfit Dagenham & Redbridge, joined MiMentor's Ross Embleton and James Baker to talk about his thoughts and experiences on his journey into coaching in the professional game

The former West Ham United and Stevenage midfielder moved into management with Ebbsfleet in 2014, before a spell in charge at Macclesfield.

In 2020, Daryl took the helm at the Daggers and this season steered them to an eighth-place finish.
Daryl talks in the Coaches Coffee Club about his career in the game, as well as his views on what makes a great coach, while also sharing with us one of his favourite sessions.

How much do you really know about your players? What are their individual strengths and weaknesses? What do they personally need to improve on? Do they know where they can grow as players? Do they even want to develop?

How can we help players within our team develop composure and effective decision-making for fast, pressurised attacking situations?

This course, created by our coach development mentor Jamie Godbold, is for coaches who want to learn more about the roles and responsibilities of the full-back position.

This course will support new coaches entering the world of grassroots youth football and managing a team for the first time.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
After completion of this course you have learned;

? What current skills will help you as a coach.

? How to create a coaching philosophy.

? How to utilise your coaching philosophy in your sessions.

? How to set up a team for a match and provide development challenges to the players.

? How to manage parents' expectations and encourage their support in a positive way.

COURSE RESOURCES:
Included within this course you can download the following resources on the main course page on the Learning Platform, and within the relevant sections of the course:

? Course Workbook

? Technical Guide for U7s / U8s

? Six-Week Session Plan: Dribbling

? Match Day Planner Template

? Growth Mindset Guide For Parents

Having purchased this course, you will also get access to our course updates, including videos, downloads and further Six-Week Session Plans.

This course will give you the knowledge around player profiling to support you through the 'Individual Player Development Process' with your players and enable you to become a more effective coach, designing and delivering more player-centred sessions.

In this course, we look at the underpinning science behind decision-making and help coaches understand how they can develop players to make better choices on the football pitch. The course boasts multiple video and coaching session designs that can be adapted and utilised within your coaching sessions.

This course will give you a greater knowledge of anxiety, as well as help you understand how it might affect you in your role within football and development.

Emotional Intelligence, or EI, is the ability to identify, assess and manage your emotions, and the emotions of other individuals and groups. So, we are talking about your EI, specifically your Coaching EI.

This course is designed to support coaches who regularly interact with players, giving the coach a 'mental health toolkit' to support their players.

Ben Garner, our global coach mentor and UEFA Pro Licence holder, looks at how the evolution of football in recent times will continue into the future from a player, coach and technological perspective.