The National Soccer Coaches Association of America May/June 2012 issue of Soccer Journal is arriving at homes and offices this week. Soccer Journal, the Official Publication of the NSCAA, is one of the few magazines in the world produced entirely for soccer coaches; it is also an exclusive NSCAA member benefit. Each issue contains technical and tactical articles, news and updates on important events, thoughts from opinion leaders in the sport and features on the interesting people and issues of the game.

Some of the articles featured in this issue include:

• Interview with Holger Osieck, the head coach of the Australian National Team and former German National Team coach under Franz Beckenbauer that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
• Our players playing abroad today earn enormous salaries, great fan respect both here and abroad, and often U.S. National Team duty. But what was it like for a Yank playing in Germany back in the late 1950s? Find out from Len Oliver on what it was like playing in Germany in the late 1950s in "Back in the Day: A Yank in Germany."
• Over the past decade, technology has revolutionized how soccer administrators manage teams; how clubs operate; how parents participate and even how players enjoy one of the world’s favorite pastimes. "Kicking Youth Soccer into the 21st Century" by Erik Stadler from Blue Sombrero.
• "Tactical Periodization: Mourinho’s Best-Kept Secret?" Explained simplistically, the main methodological and pedagogical principle behind Tactical Periodization is that the soccer game has to be “trained/learned” respecting its logical structure. Find out more in an article by Juan Delgado-Bordonau and Alberto Mendez-Villanueva from SPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence, Doha, Qatar.
• "Coaching the 4-2-3-1 Part II" with Wayne Harrison
• "Five Favorite Practices from the Arsenal FC Academy (Part II)"
• "Penetration" with Jeff Vennell, NSCAA Senior Academy Staff (Managing Editors Note: The diagrams for this article that appear in the print issue of Soccer Journal are incorrect. To view the correct diagrams click here or view the article in the digital edition of Soccer Journal.
• "Passing (Through Ball) to Attach the Goal" a DFB Training Session with Ralf Peter
• And more….

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