Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Coaching - Football

Run to Daylight is Lombardi's own diary of a week at the helm of that magnificent club. Together with legendary sports-journalist, W.C. Heinz, Lombardi takes us from the first review of game films on Monday right through the final gun on Sunday afternoon. We see the planning, the plotting, the practice and the pain as forty-plus men come together to form that precision unit that makes for winning football. Lombardi gives us his views on...

Hal Mumme spent fourteen mostly losing seasons coaching football before inventing a potent passing offense that would soon shock players, delight fans, and terrify opposing coaches. It all began at a tiny, overlooked college called Iowa Wesleyan, where Mumme was head coach and Mike Leach, a lawyer who had never...

No other football trophy captures the country's imagination like the Heisman does. Each September, as the college football season begins, every player has the same singular aspiration--to hold aloft the Heisman Trophy in New York come December.

Yet very little is known about John W. Heisman, the man the Downtown Athletic Club of New York honored in 1936 when it named its national player of the year award for him....

As the head coach of the University of Alabama's football team, Nick Saban is perhaps the most influential--and polarizing--man in the sport. His program-building vision has delivered packed stadiums, rabid fans, legions of detractors, countless NFL draft picks, and a total of four national championships, including...

Multiple formation and motion offenses of the modern football era present many defensive challenges. Football's Eagle & Stack Defenses will prepare teams and individual players to not only defend but also attack and dominate whatever offensive tactics an opponent might employ.

Author Ron Vanderlinden has been coach and architect of several of the most formidable defensive teams in the past 20 seasons. From the University of Colorado's national champions in 1990 to Northwestern's Big Ten title-winning team in 1995 to the revitalized, high-pursuit Penn State attack,...

What do players talk about in the huddle? Why did the coach choose pass instead of run? What plays are reviewable? After Further Review answers these questions and hundreds more. From coin toss to conclusion, learn the game's tactics, formations and terms. Understand the history that shaped it. And gain new appreciation for its oft-overlooked nuances--all from an expert who has spent his life on the sidelines and in the press box.

The book is easy to understand, spelling out technical aspects of the game in a way that both the beginner and experienced spectator will...