In our February edition of the World of Soccer Newsletter we take a look at a "new" development in the game of soccer - and it involves the scoring of goals. Go to the Practice Section for this "new" development - or should I say, evolvement.

Three Quick Passes:

First we visit Marc Rizzardo, who is "locked down" in the Olympic Village in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics where the weather has been more like the Summer Olympics.

Then we link you to a topic, "Is it too Cold, Coach?" It would be nice to have that problem in Vancouver right now.

The second pass takes us to soccer in South Africa, but not this year's World Cup. It's 30 years of soccer in a prison where there were no on-the-road games. I think you will find the article by Dr Bob Barber fascinating.

The third pass comes from Hugh Swan, Director of Coaching for the Winnipeg Youth Soccer Association, where it may well be "Too Cold, Coach" right now. As we write today's forecast is minus 16C to minus 24C - and that is cold. Hugh questions the appropriateness of the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up and as usual, makes some very good points.

In the Boot Room, Franz Beckenbauer, Der Kaiser, tells us how much he enjoyed his 3 years with the New York Cosmos and why.

Hot out of England - an online course featuring Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Fabio Capello. That's not bad for starters, but there is much more to go with that illustrious threesome. It's a course no serious coach could pass on and the price is very reasonable.

Hope you enjoy.

Tony Waiters