Ross is our Coach Development Mentor

Ross Embleton, a UEFA Pro Licence holder, is currently Colchester United's head of recruitment and has previously worked at clubs including Leyton Orient, where he was the O's head coach.

Ross has also worked within the first team at Swindon Town as well as the academies of Premier League clubs, Tottenham Hotspur and AFC Bournemouth, as well as Norwich City. 

As part of the MiMentor team, Ross's philosophy of growing and learning as a coach so he can keep improving and developing players at all levels of the game is in line with our own.

"I like to stretch myself across many different levels and formats of the game, coaching young children all the way through to the experiences I've had working with first-team players. One of the things I like to pride myself on is finding all the elements of the game that relate to each age group and each level, and how they can transfer and lead into each other, and how I can benefit as a coach to get the most out of the players I'm working with."

Ross contributes to our online coach development content and session plans, as well as our Coaches Coffee Club interviews. 

ROSS'S COURSES AND CONTENT ON THE MIMENTOR PLATFORM

Content NameContent Type
Individual Player DevelopmentComing Soon
Coaches Coffee Club with Ross EmbletonWebinar
Coaches Coffee Club with Anthony LimbrickWebinar
Coaches Coffee Club with Daryl McMahonWebinar

Ross Embleton
Meet The Mentor: Ross Embleton
Resources
In this leadership guide we look at some of the important things you should be considering ahead, or during your early days, of becoming a manager or head coach.
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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.
Download this thirds practice, 'Finishing From Outside The Box'. This comes from our full 5v5 sessions booklet in our new CPD course 'Developing A Successful Team: The Transition To 7v7'
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Whether during pre-season or through the campaign, strength has become a much more important element of the game in recent times.
Encouraging young players to dribble with the ball not only helps them develop key skills, but also plays an important role in maintaining possession.
In this webinar, questions were put to our expert conditioning mentors around conditioning with regards to youth players, pre-season, in-season and technology.
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In our Mentoring Soccer Coaches Diploma course webinar, tutor Sarah McQuade led a case study exercise between herself as a mentor and MiMentor's James Baker as the coach mentee.
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Callum Tongue talks about his desire to learn from different people that took him from Manchester City to Ipswich Town.
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Being a reflective coach is essential to develop, learn, and become more effective in the role of coaching players.