Revealed: How the biggest names in soccer coaching can help your team

Dear Soccer Coach,

For years soccer coaches have been desperate to get their hands on the coaching secrets of the world's best managers. Now they can.

Thanks to a partnership with the League Managers Association - representing all professional managers in English football - you can at last access their exclusive training plans and practices.

Elite Soccer is a new monthly soccer coaching e-magazine filled with drills and tactics used by professional coaches throughout the English leagues. Between them these managers have won the UEFA Champions League, the Barclays Premier League, Serie A, the FA Cup and the greatest competition of all, the World Cup.

As a member of Elite Soccer you can benefit from a lifetime of experience at the highest level of the game that you can put into practice in a matter of minutes. It will give you:

Practices direct from the men at the top

Because of our privileged access to this group of elite managers you are able to get a great insight into many coaching philosophies.

The plans give you simple guides to running a session. They’ll also tell you the key technical and tactical elements to look out for.

When relevant, the coaches highlight a specific example where the session has achieved a result in a professional game to help you further understand what you’re trying to achieve.

Alex McLeish's team attacking drill from the first issue (not to scale). To see the drill and get six professional practice plans like this every month click here.

What’s different about Elite Soccer?

A search on Google for soccer coaching returns over 3 million web pages. Very few reveal the actual plans of professional managers. Elite Soccer has official permission to publish the working drills and practices from English league managers and teams.

Only professional managers

The coaches and managers contributing to Elite Soccer are members of the League Managers Association (LMA) and Professional Football Coaches Association (PFCA), the leading bodies for professional football managers and coaches in the UK and arguably the world.

Here's what LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson has to say about Elite Soccer:

Six professional managers appear in each issue of Elite Soccer. In the second issue (published next week) we welcome Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle and five other senior professional coaches. Here's what Owen has to say about his session:

The other contributors to the launch issue give a preview of their session in this month's Elite Soccer below:

	Malky Mackay Watford “This session concentrates on midfield interplay, with the intention of supporting strikers and forward-minded players. We practice this at least once or twice a week and are frequently seeing the results come off in matches.” Read more in the next issue
	Greg Abbott Carlisle United “We work on this regularly and very often we see the results in matches. Strikers Gary Madine and Craig Curran worked tirelessly at perfecting this move in pre-season training and can now execute it with pace and precision.” Read more in the next issue
	Mark Yates Cheltenham Town “In every game this scenario will come about. The result is breaking forward using possession to make a 2v1 scenario in an attacking position, so it’s extremely valuable if you can get it right.” Read more in the next issue
	Seamus McDonagh Goalkeeping Coach “I like to use this session because distribution - using both feet - is now a vital part of the game. Statistics show that goalkeepers at the highest level use their feet five times as often as their hands when in control of the ball” Read more in the next issue
	Damian Roden Australia National Team “Activation exercises significantly reduce the risk of injury, develop muscle memory, and help optimise explosive movements. And this type of activity relates directly to all movement patterns in a game.” Read more in the next issue

Over the next year we'll be bringing you a further 66 practice plans from the leading football managers listed on the right of this page.

What do I get as a member?

Elite Soccer is more than just an e-magazine. As a member you will receive:

#1 Elite Soccer Magazine

#2 Access to the private Elite Soccer discussion group

#3 Full access to the Elite Soccer Library

You get all this for just £77, less than the cost of a three-course meal for two. However, the value to your team could be priceless.

Still not convinced?

If you're still unsure consider the following points.

#1: Elite Soccer is the authority on professional soccer coaching. You can trust the quality source of this material. They are without doubt amongst the most experienced and knowledgeable group of managers in the world.

#2: The professional managers appearing in Elite Soccer have made soccer coaching their life's work. They have invested countless hours to reach the pinnacle of soccer coaching. Becoming a member of Elite Soccer you benefit from their experience at a fraction of the time and money required to make it to the top.

Remember, Elite Soccer does not contain articles about what professional managers do in training, it IS what they do. And the only place to find out what is here.

If you're ready to start coaching like the professionals become a member and apply the coaching secrets of the world's best managers to your team today.

Yours in soccer,

Kevin Barrow
Publisher, Elite Soccer

PS - I forgot to say Elite Soccer is only available online on this website and you won't find it in any newsagent or bookstore so place your membership using one of the "Order Now" links.

Elite Soccer is published by Green Star Media Ltd in partnership with the League Managers Association.

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Email: kevin.barrow@greenstarmedia.net

© 2010. Green Star Media Ltd

Elite Soccer is produced in partnership with the League Managers Association.

Between them, the LMA managers have a combined experience of over 95,000 professional games.

LMA Members:

Aidy Boothroyd
Alan Irvine
Alan Knill
Alan Pardew


Sir Alex Ferguson

Alex McLeish
Andy Hessenthaler
Andy Preece
Andy Scott


Arsène Wenger, OBE

Avram Grant
Billy Davies
Bobby Williamson
Brian Laws
Brian Little
Brian McDermott
Bryan Robson OBE


Carlo Ancelotti

Chris Hughton
Chris Hutchings
Chris Sutton
Chris Wilder
Craig Brown CBE
Craig Levein
Craig Short
Danny Wilson
Darren Ferguson
David Jones


David Moyes

David O'Leary
Eddie Howe


Fabio Capello

Gary Johnson
Gary Simpson
Gary Waddock
George Burley
George Graham
Gordon Strachan OBE
Graham Turner
Graham Westley
Greg Abbott
Gustavo Poyet
Hans Backe


Harry Redknapp

Hope Powell CBE
Ian Holloway
Ian Sampson
John Beck
John Coleman
John Gregory
John Sheridan
John Still
John Ward


Jose Mourinho

Karl Robinson
Keith Hill
Kenny Jackett
Kevin Blackwell
Kevin Dillon
Lawrie McMenemy MBE
Lee Clark
Les Parry
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Malcolm Mackay
Mark Cooper
Mark McGhee
Mark Robins
Mark Stimson
Mark Yates
Martin Foyle
Martin Jol
Martin Ling


Martin O'Neill

Mick McCarthy
Micky Adams
Neale Cooper
Neil Warnock
Neil Woods
Nigel Adkins
Nigel Clough
Nigel Pearson
Nigel Worthington
Owen Coyle
Paul Buckle
Paul Dickov
Paul Lambert
Paul Mariner
Paul Peschisolido
Paul Sturrock
Paul Tisdale
Paul Trollope
Paulo Sousa
Peter Reid
Peter Taylor
Phil Parkinson


Rafael Benitez

Roberto Di Matteo


Roberto Mancini

Roberto Martinez
Ronnie Moore
Roy Evans CBE


Roy Hodgson

Roy Keane
Russell Slade
Sam Allardyce
Sammy McIlroy
Sean O'Driscoll
Simon Davey
Simon Grayson
Steve Bruce
Steve Coppell
Steve Cotterill
Steve McClaren
Stuart Pearce MBE
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Terry Skiverton
Tony Adams MBE
Tony Pulis
Walter Smith OBE

There are 19 members of the LMA's 1,000 club, for members that have managed for over 1,000 professional games. They are:

• Alan Buckley
• Alec Stock
• Sir Alex Ferguson
• Sir Bobby Robson
• Brian Clough OBE
• Brian Horton
• Dario Gradi MBE
• Dave Bassett
• Dennis Smith
• Graham Taylor OBE
• Graham Turner
• Harry Redknapp
• Jim Smith
• Joe Royle
• Lennie Lawrence
• Sir Matt Busby
• Neil Warnock
• Ron Atkinson
• Steve Coppell

Testimonials:

"I really enjoyed the first issue of Elite Soccer.

"I especially liked Brian McDermott’s shot blocking drill as it was easy for the kids to understand quickly and then I could add the progressions in time. It was a great drill because the kids who weren’t being coached had one objective – get shots on target – so it helped keep their attention whilst we coached the kids on defending."

- Andy Jackson, NSW, Australia

"Very well presented and the drills went down really well with the guys in training.

"I think the mix of drills is also good - having a bit of defending, tactics, attacking and fitness in each issue rather than focusing on one issue is much better as over the course of a month you will be looking at all of these areas."

- David Steele, First Lisburn Football Club, Northern Ireland

"What I can say about your new e-magazine, Elite Soccer, is that first impressions are very good. I have used some of the sessions for training, and my players have found the exercises useful and enjoyable. Keep up the good work!"

- Adrian Ballestero, Chelsea SC, Gibraltar

"Enjoyed first issue and am working through the ideas, when you train twice a week you can never have enough!The running drill was as useful as the others and I would like to see that section in each issue."

- Mike Davis, Steyning Town FC, UK

"Elite Soccer is a great addition to our club's tool set to help improve coaching. It goes beyond the mainstream references on soccer coaching that are available and provides a unique dimension for the more experienced coach that is badly absent in the market place.

We really enjoyed the first issue and look forward to the next issues."

- Bill Michalopulos, Ottawa South United, Canada

"Elite Soccer is a fantastic resource giving an easy to understand insight into sessions run by coaches and managers at the highest levels of the game. It's great to know that even at this level a session can be organised so simply with such useful and positive outcomes.

"The sessions will trigger an idea or something new for your team, and knowing that the top coaches and top players in the world are doing the same thing is satisfying in itself...I fully recommend this new concept and am looking forward to many interesting articles and session ideas."

- Keith Boanas, Head Coach Estonia womens and girls national teams, Estonia