Sarah McQuade is our Coach Development Mentor

Sarah is the founding director of E.T.C coaching consultants, a US-based consultancy practice specialising in the professional development of sports coaches and sports coach developers.

Sarah has spent more than 20 years working within sports and sports coach education, which began with Sports Coach UK. She then moved into consulting sports organisations in the UK to support the training and ongoing professional development of coaches and coach developers.

Some of the fantastic organisations Sarah has worked with are UK Sport, Sport Scotland, The Professional Golf Association, Rugby Football Union, UK Athletics and many more.

Now based in the USA, Sarah works collaboratively with partners to create the right coaching systems, coaching programs and coaches to ensure they can positively impact athlete experiences and outcomes. Current clients include the US Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, World Rowing and USA Football.

She is proud to work extensively with the University of Delaware and of course United Soccer Coaches, where she is a tutor and mentor on the Master Coach Program. She has also designed and delivered United Soccer Coaches’ Coach Developer Diploma.

Sarah believes there is a significant demand for a platform like MiMentor and said she has always wanted a platform like this since she started working in her field.

Sarah said: “MiMentor is invaluable. It has the potential to remove all geographical barriers and create a coaching community of academics, 'pracademics' and practitioners to share, challenge, learn and develop.

“This platform presents the opportunity to reach more coaches to share some key learning and messages that sit outside the Xs and Os, and I believe are critical to quality coaching."

Follow Sarah on Twitter @etcconsultants

SARAH'S COURSES AND CONTENT ON THE MIMENTOR PLATFORM

Content NameContent Type
Coach Mentor DiplomaDiploma course
The Art of Effective CommunicationCPD course
Introduction To Emotional IntelligenceCPD course
The Art of Effective CommunicationWebinar
Coaching Emotional IntelligenceWebinar
Through The Lens Of A Player: Shaun Wright-PhillipsWebinar
Sarah McQuade
Meet our Coach Development Mentor, Sarah McQuade
Resources
The former England Manager talks to MiMentor about the role of a coach or manager in helping optimise the potential of those around them.
Video
Ipswich Town U18s coach Callum Tongue talks about his time working at Manchester City and the club's aim of being the best in class.
Video
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!
Watch our Coaches Coffee Club chat as Ross Embleton and James Baker have an interesting and enlightening chat with Ipswich Town U18s coach, Callum Tongue.
Elliott Ward, former West Ham United defender and current head coach of Colchester United's U18s academy team, talks us through his favourite coaching session.
Our all-new Mentoring Soccer Coaches Diploma, in collaboration with United Soccer Coaches, is the perfect opportunity for you to develop your understanding of mentoring and become even more effective at supporting others.
The coaches coffee club will be a series of discussions with coaches from all over the world discussing the topic of what quality or characteristic makes an effective coach? We are joined by Tony McCallum on the first episode.
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In our next webinar on Friday 30 July, MiMentor coach development expert and UEFA A Licence holder Jamie Godbold discusses ideas around playing out from the back ahead of the launch of our newest CPD course.
What is the 'Half-Space'?