A new soccer coaching magazine produced by Green Star Media Ltd in association with the League Managers Association is published this week.

Elite Soccer is a monthly magazine with exclusive coaching plans and practices written by the world’s best managers and coaches.

Each issue features six professional managers and coaches – working at clubs from the Premier League through League 2.

The first issue features sessions written by:

• Alex McLeish – Birmingham City

• Brian McDermott – Reading

• John Ward – Colchester United

• Alan Knill – Bury

• Brian Flynn – Wales U21

• Richard Hawkins – Manchester United

Elite Soccer offers a unique perspective as each session is written by the manager or coach himself. Readers will gain insight into when and how often a session is used, as well as examples of when it has been influential in a professional game.

Former England, Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson, Chairman of the League Managers Association, said:

"As Chairman of the League Managers Association I am delighted that all of the managers appearing in Elite Soccer have taken the time to write their session plan specifically for the magazine.

Never before has the collective knowledge of our membership been available to those outside the professional game in such a direct and accessible format."

Kevin Barrow, publisher of Elite Soccer said:

"Elite Soccer is an exciting new prospect for coaches of grassroots and amateur teams. We’ve all dreamed about what it would be like to train like the professionals and now we can.

Elite Soccer gives us a look behind the scenes at what happens on the training pitches at clubs from the Premier League to League 2 - places that have until now been out of bounds for those of us outside the world of professional football."

Elite Soccer is only available online from Green Star Media Ltd by subscription. You will not find it in any newsagent or bookstore.

http://www.elitesoccercoaching.net

Editors

To request a sample copy for review (media only) or for further information, please contact Kevin Barrow, Publisher, on +44 (0) 1483 891 074, email kevin.barrow@greenstarmedia.net

About Green Star Media

Green Star Media, based in Surrey, England, aims to improve grassroots soccer by publishing easy to use, instructional advice to benefit coaches, players and the game. Through free content newsletters Better Soccer Coaching and footy4kids, the company reaches an audience of 250,000 sports coaches worldwide every week.

About the League Managers Association

The League Managers Association is the collective, representative voice of all managers from the Barclays Premier League, the Championship and Leagues 1 and 2.

Since its inception in 1992, the LMA has continued to develop its support and service offering to its members and its influence within the game. The LMA has become an integral and respected part of the football industry and as football continues to present new challenges, the LMA will grow and adapt to achieve its aims.