Football's Eagle & Stack Defenses

Football's Eagle & Stack Defenses
Author: Ron Vanderlinden
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2008
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780736072533

Challenge any offensive game plan with Football's Eagle and Stack Defenses. Providing a thorough explanation of these popular defenses, their structures, techniques and positional responsibilities, as well as coaching points for success, this book will ensure that your team is ready to defend and dominate any offensive strategy.

Match Quarters

Match Quarters
Author: Cody Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781709393051

Split-field coverages are nothing new. Many coaches around the country run them at all levels of play, but there are not many resources on how to teach them. In Cody Alexander's third book, he breaks down how to teach the many varieties of Quarters coverage. From simple match-Quarters to defending Empty and Quads formations, Coach Alexanders breaks it down and simplifies the concepts for any coach. Xs and Os are great, but the players must still execute and the coach must know when to use each scheme. Match Quarters: A Modern Guidebook to Split-Field Coverages, allows anyone interested in football to have a deeper understanding of the game itself and why each coverage is used. Along with the basics, Coach Alexander gives you multiple tags and variations within each family (Cover 4 and Cover 2). Come learn the Art of X.

Last Team Standing

Last Team Standing
Author: Matthew Algeo
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 161374885X

An almost unknown chapter of sporting—and American—history Tracing the history of the National Football League during World War II, this book delves into the severe player shortage during the war which led to the merging of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, creating the “Steagles.” The team’s center was deaf in one ear, its wide receiver was blind in one eye (and partially blind in the other), and its halfback had bleeding ulcers. One player was so old he’d never before played football with a helmet. Yet somehow, this group of players—deemed unfit for military service due to age or physical ailment—posted a winning record in the league, to the surprise of players and fans alike. Digging into the history of the war paralleled by the unlikely story of the Steagles franchise, both sports fans and history buffs will learn about the cultural significance of this motley crew of ball players during a trying time in United States history.

Carson Wentz

Carson Wentz
Author: Turron Davenport
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1641250615

In less than two NFL seasons, Carson Wentz's impressive leadership, strong arm, and winning personality have made him the most popular Eagle since a young Donovan McNabb. Carson Wentz: Soaring to the Top is the ultimate tribute to the quickly-ascending quarterback taking Philly by storm. Including dozens of full-color photographs, fans are provided a glimpse into Wentz’s superb play early in his career, as he leads the franchise back to contention for an ever-elusive Super Bowl triumph. This keepsake also explores Wentz’s charitable endeavors off of the field, and looks ahead to where he could one day stack up among legendary Eagles’ names like Jurgensen, Jaworski, Cunningham, and McNabb.

Defensive Football Strategies

Defensive Football Strategies
Author: American Football Coaches Association
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780736001427

Winning strategies from 90 top football coaches in the nation comprise this collection of knowledge and insights from many of the best defensive minds of the game. Illustrations.

Football's Best Offensive Playbook

Football's Best Offensive Playbook
Author: Dwight Hawkes
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780873225748

" Every offensive playbook gives you Xs and Os that look good on paper. Football's Best Offensive Playbook goes the extra yard, providing precisely illustrated plays that are proven point-producers in games. Many of football's greatest coaches--including Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne, and Steve Spurrier--have contributed their expertise to the book. Each of the 100 plays comes with a clear, accurate diagram and coaching pointers that highlight key player positions and responsibilities. Many coaches list alternate formations, and most of the plays can be adapted to any offensive system. And since the book features contributions from coaches in the high school, college, and pro ranks, you'll find plays that work at all levels. Football's Best Offensive Playbook is an excellent resource for: - coaches looking to add to their playlists or develop new wrinkles for existing plays, - players attempting to better understand offensive strategy and play selection, and - students of the game trying to become more knowledgeable about what makes an offense click. The book features a balance of running and passing plays organized by formation. Part I, ""Running Plays,"" features 44 inside, off-tackle, and outside plays from coaches who have established their teams as perennial title contenders through the ground game. Greats like Bob Reade (whose teams once won 63 straight games) at Augustana College, Illinois, and John McKissick (the winningest high school coach in the country) of Summerville High School, South Carolina, contribute some of their most successful plays. Part II, ""Passing Plays,"" features 45 plays designed for modern controlled passing schemes, centered around precise timing and pinpoint accuracy. The plays are divided into play action and dropback passes. Contributing to this section are such notable passing architects as Dennis Erickson of perennial national championship contender University of Miami, Tom Coughlin of the NFL expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, and LaVell Edwards of Brigham Young, who has coached such great quarterbacks as Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and Ty Detmer. Part III, ""Special Plays,"" features 13 gadgets designed to burn cheating defenses. Included are 5 reverses, 3 throwback passes, 3 PATs, and 2 trick plays. A Play Finder index lists plays by type of run (power, speed, or deception), pass (yardage needed and drop-back or roll-out), and formation. The book also features a key to symbols used in the diagrams and a glossary of important terms. Strengthen your playlist with help from many of the game's most successful coaches. Get Football's Best Offensive Playbook. "

The Genius of Desperation

The Genius of Desperation
Author: Doug Farrar
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1641250828

If necessity has been the mother of invention throughout the history of professional football, it could also be said that desperation is the father. Rare are the football innovations that have occurred without an owner, general manager, coach, or player up against the wall and reaching for a way to succeed anyway. In this meticulously researched, lively book, Bleacher Report lead NFL scout Doug Farrar traces the schematic history of the pro game through these "if this/then that" moments—paradigm shifts in the game from 1920 through the present. More than just a book about schemes and strategies, The Genius of Desperation: The Schematic Innovations that Made the Modern NFL also tells the stories of the game's most prominent innovators, the adversities they endured, and the ways in which they learned to exceed their own expectations on the path to true greatness. Everyone from George Halas to Greasy Neale, Paul Brown to Sid Gillman, Bill Walsh to Chip Kelly is featured, as well as many more. The Genius of Desperation is a narrative arc through the history of the game as it's never been told before.

Football

Football
Author: Greg Colby
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1492582123

Master the skills and techniques to play any position on the field. Football: Steps to Success covers every aspect of the game, from position fundamentals to offensive and defensive schemes and strategies. Football: Steps to Success presents straightforward instruction on essential skills, such as passing, receiving, tackling, blocking, kicking, and punting. Using 58 of the most effective drills, you’ll reinforce learning and enhance your development. You’ll then learn how to apply each of those skills on offense, defense, and special teams with descriptions and explanations of player roles and position responsibilities. From simple run plays to screen passes, from zone coverage to man-to-man defense, this guide covers it all. Whether you want to sharpen your existing skills or raise your game to an All-Pro level, Football: Steps to Success has you covered. With the series that has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, you can be assured that the best instruction in the sport is at your fingertips.