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Coaching Football Technical and Tactical Skills (BK972)


As a coach, it is often cause for concern to see your athletes performing skills well in practice but struggling in the game. Coaching Football Technical and Tactical Skills focuses on the situational decisions players and coaches make that often determine the outcome of games. Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in conjunction with Rob Ash, the head football coach at Drake University, this book allows players to gain valuable gamelike playing experience in practice by putting them in key tactical situations like the scramble, man-to-man and zone pass coverage, and onside kick.

Each skill is clearly described, and nearly 150 photos are used to further help you understand and implement the techniques in specific situations. Included are quick tips on how to detect and correct errors, cues athletes need to be aware of in various tactical situations, and key information your athletes need to know to make the appropriate decisions on the field. Skills are cross-referenced to show how they relate to each other and to enable you to plan practice situations quickly. Eight detailed practice plans incorporating gamelike situations and a season plan are included to help you get the most out of each practice.

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52-Week Football Training (BK971)


Whether you’re a coach looking for a proven training plan or a serious player wanting to excel, 52-Week Football Training provides the conditioning plan you need to maximize football-specific physical development and motivation. Players can gain the perfect balance of power, speed, and agility by implementing this proven in-season and off-season training plan.

Daily workouts are presented for each week of the year and include resistance training, total conditioning exercises, and position-specific activities. Included are a full menu of on-field and off-field drills and exercises to develop flexibility, strength, power, speed, and agility.

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Complete Conditioning for Football (BK970)


During the past three decades the University of Nebraska football program has set the pace for successful conditioning. Now, two members of the Cornhuskers’ strength and conditioning staff present the same program used by Nebraska to power its way to national championships.

The book includes 98 proven position-specific exercises that help players at all levels improve speed, agility, power, and endurance. The guide covers basic training principles of adaptation, specificity, overload, and periodization. It also lists which drills are beneficial for some players but not for others, and includes guidelines for proper rest and balanced nutrition.

The authors explain how to test and evaluate each player by position, using eight skills or factors that separate starters from second-stringers.

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Kicking the Football (BK969)


An effective kicking game is often the difference between winning and losing. Kicking the Football shows you how to teach your players to improve their punting, kicking, and placekicking. Former NFL punter and veteran kicking instructor Bill Renner reveals the best techniques, tactics, and practice drills to kick like a pro.

Many books on kicking have shown the "what" of these skills. But Kicking the Football goes in depth to explain the "why" of each technique. You’ll learn how these proven methods comprise the overall skill of kicking. Twenty-two sequential drills—13 for punting and 9 for kicking—demonstrate each specific technique. Plus, 23 illustrations and 65 photos help you boot the guesswork out of instruction.

Contests are often won or lost with the kicking game. Give your players the edge they need by using this can’t-miss book. Kicking the Football splits the uprights every time!

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Complete Guide to Special Teams (BK968)


In addition, this comprehensive guide presents detailed technique instruction for kickers, punters, long snappers, field goal and extra point kickers and holders, kickoff and punt returners, and other specialized positions related to the kicking game. Chapters on the development of special team units and players highlight the best practice drills and key teaching points for success.

Complete Guide to Special Teams is the authoritative resource on the kicking game for coaches and players. Created by the American Football Coaches Association, this guide could spell the difference in the outcome of several games each season.

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AFCA's Defensive Football Drills (BK967)


n this day of explosive scoring and rules changes that favor the offense, fielding a competitive defense is more difficult than ever. AFCA’s Defensive Football Drills tries to level the playing field by providing the defense with practice activities that teach defenders the skills they need to excel. The book’s 70 drills are divided into four sections:
  • Defensive Line drills
  • Linebacker drills
  • Defensive Back drills
  • Team Defense drills
Developed in cooperation with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)—the leading football coaching organization with more than 8,000 members—this book features drills and insights from many of the country’s best college and high school defensive coaches.

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Defensive Football Strategies (BK966)


They say that defense wins championships. If so, this book is your formula for winning a title with a solid defensive football team.

Defensive Football Strategies is a complete collection of tactics, teachings, and insights from some of the best defensive minds in the game. Readers will find winning strategies from 90 top coaches—legends of both the past and the present—including Jerry Sandusky of Penn State, Bob Stoops of the University of Oklahoma, Bo Schembechler of the University of Michigan, Charlie McBride of the University of Nebraska, and R.C. Slocum of Texas A & M.

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Complete Linebacking (BK965)


The linebacker position is more challenging than ever, whether a player is taking on a 320-pound lineman or covering a speedy receiver. In Complete Linebacking, Lou Tepper tells and shows how to excel at one of the game’s most demanding positions.

Tepper has coached three Butkus Award winners-Alfred Williams, Dana Howard, and Kevin Hardy-plus one Butkus runner-up and 20 linebackers who have gone on to play in the NFL. In his 30 years of college coaching, Tepper’s defenses have consistently been top-ranked nationally.

The book describes in depth and illustrates clearly the fundamentals, pre-snap keys, and techniques used by any inside or outside linebacker in a specific defense. A special teaching section explains how to prepare quality practices and meetings to maximize learning and performance.

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Complete Quarterbacking (BK964)


For 36 years, Don Read created successful college teams known for their standout quarterbacks. Now this former Division IAA championship coach puts his experience on paper, creating the ultimate guide for comprehensive quarterback development.

The team leader needs to know exactly what is happening on the line of scrimmage, who can get open to catch a pass, and who is in position to run the ball. He needs to be able to read the defense and react accordingly. He must be a team motivator and effective communicator, and he must be able to withstand the physical and mental pressures of this most prestigious position. Complete Quarterbacking gives you all that information and more.

In addition to thorough descriptions and diagrams on how to recognize and react to the opponent’s coverage in run and pass situations, this book covers game preparation as well as the fine details of clock management. You’ll get the detailed advice you need to run more organized practices and create a more dynamic offense. Complete Quarterbacking also covers performance evaluation and off-season development so that you can be confident your quarterback is performing to the best of his ability.

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Football Skills and Drills (BK963)


Solid blocking, sure tackling, proper footwork, precise routes, correct coverage angles, and synchronized body movements: basic techniques, perhaps, but all essential to winning football. Football Skills & Drills is your guide to success, covering key skills and consistent execution within all offensive, defensive, and special teams positions.

You will benefit from the same techniques used by top college and professional teams, along with a complete arsenal of 83 drills. From quarterback rollouts for winning touchdowns to block-shedding maneuvers for drive-stopping sacks, Football Skills & Drills translates technical instruction into on-field application, depicting exactly how each pass, pattern, route, catch, block, tackle, and kick are performed.

Gridiron champions are made on the practice field. Football Skills & Drills serves as a great foundation in your team’s quest for a title.

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Football's West Coast Offense (BK962)


Since the 1980s, football teams have used the West Coast Offense to win championships. From Bill Walsh’s San Francisco 49ers juggernaut, to Brigham Young University’s record-smashing Cougars, to the 1997 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, this passing attack is a proven winner. Now you can learn the secrets of this system, no matter what level you coach.

This how-to book comes packed with 244 Xs and Os diagrams and explains the pro-style attack in simple and clear language. The authors, both former coaches on the BYU staff, explain how to tailor the system to suit your personnel, whether it’s for ball control or big-play needs. They also include a mini-playbook that shows you how to attack various defensive coverages.

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Football's Best Offensive Playbook (BK961)


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.

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AFCA's Offensive Football Drills (BK960)


Whether your team likes to run the ball, pass, or mix it up, AFCA’s Offensive Football Drills can help you improve team and individual performance. The book features the best drills used by many of the country’s top college and high school offensive teams. Choose from 75 individual and team drills to hone your players’ offensive skills.

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Offensive Football Strategies (BK959)


Use strategies straight from many of football’s all-time greatest coaches! Offensive Football Strategies offers you special access to the sharpest football minds in the game’s history. Pick and choose portions to use to optimize your game plan each season.

Offensive Football Strategies is the most comprehensive and detailed book of its kind, containing the most popular and effective offensive philosophies, systems, formations, and plays over the past 40 years. This extensive collection includes 73 articles written by many of the greatest coaching strategists in football history, including Bob Devaney, Bear Bryant, John McKay, Joe Paterno, Tom Osborne, Marv Levy, Hayden Fry, LaVell Edwards, Steve Spurrier, and many more.

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The Football Coaching Bible (BK958)


The Football Coaching Bible features many of the game’s most successful coaches. Each shares the special insight, advice, and strategies they’ve used to field championship-winning teams season after season.

They cover every aspect of the game: coaching principles, program building, player motivation, practice sessions, individual skills, team tactics, offensive and defensive play-calling, and performance evaluation.

Developed by the American Football Coaches Association, this coaching guide establishes a new standard of excellence in the sport.

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Football Coaching Strategies (BK957)


In Football Coaching Strategies you’ll find 349 detailed diagrams showing a variety of offensive attacks, defensive packages, and special team tactics—accompanied by useful advice from the experts.

Best of all, the coaches are the recognized experts in the topics they cover. For example, read how these coaches explain game strategies and underlying principles:
  • Running game—Tom Osborne, John McKay, and Darrell Royal
  • Passing game—Bill Walsh, Steve Spurrier, and LaVell Edwards
  • Defense—Dick Tomey, Barry Alvarez, Dave Wannstedt, and Jerry Sandusky
  • Kicking game—Spike Dykes and John Cooper
  • Philosophy, motivation, and management—Eddie Robinson and Joe Paterno

Football Coaching Strategies blends the invaluable lessons of the past with the best thinking in today’s game. With it, you’ll find the key elements for a winning game plan—on and off the field. It’s the one book that every serious football coach, player, and fan will treasure.

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Coaching Football Successfully (BK956)


As coach of the powerhouse Jenks (OK) High School Trojans, Allan Trimble has amassed an amazing number of victories, state championship titles, and national rankings. And he’s done it with a carefully planned and executed game plan that promotes the positive development of athletes and teams.

Trimble shares the specifics of his system in Coaching Football Successfully. This meaty coaching manual covers it all: sideline communication, teaching fundamentals, practice drills, scouting and game planning, and postgame analysis and adjustments. Whatever your offensive and defensive schemes may be, you’ll find the concepts applicable to your own program.

Loaded with detailed diagrams of plays and advice for handling off-the-field challenges, this book is of great benefit to both head coaches and assistants. Coaching Football Successfully is more than a worthwhile addition to your library; it’s a proven game plan to building a championship-caliber football team.

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Football Offenses & Plays (BK955)


Football Offenses & Plays presents all of the popular offensive systems used today as well as tactical advice for play calling in each of four areas of the field. It features insights from many of the game’s top offensive minds, who have conceived, or are extremely successful in employing, a specific means of attack:
  • Discover the strengths of the I-Formation from Al Borges and the use of the H-back from Joe Novak.
  • Maximize the use of one-back sets using two, three, or four receivers with the help of Glen Mason, Joe Tiller, and Gregg Brandon.
  • Make the shotgun a real weapon with the insights of Randy Walker and Rich Rodriguez.
  • Learn how to use four receivers from shotgun formations from Rich Rodriguez.
  • Trace the development of running attacks, including the veer with Bill Yeoman, the wing-T with Tubby Raymond, and flexbone with Fisher DeBerry.
  • Execute soundly in the yellow zone, green zone, red zone, and gold zone with guidance from Dennis Franchione, Ralph Friedgen, Larry Kehres, and Terry Malone.
  • Employ the best strategies for two-minute and no-huddle situations with advice from Gary Tranquill.
  • Help your quarterback make effective play calls at the line of scrimmage with the audible system presented by Don Nehlen.
Developed by the American Football Coaches Association, Football Offenses & Plays is the most detailed and comprehensive book on offensive tactics ever published. Make it part of your game plan this season and see your side of the scoreboard light up!

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Coaching Football Successfully (BK343)


Few coaches at any level of any sport can match the success of Bob Reade. As the head football coach at Augustana College, Reade won an incredible 87% of his games--the highest winning percentage of any college coach at the time he retired, and second highest of all time after Knute Rockne. Over one 5-year period, Reade led his teams to four NCAA Division III national championships, compiled a record-breaking 60-game unbeaten streak, and was named National Coach of the Year four times.

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Football's Best Offensive Playbook (BK342)


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.

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Football Coaching Strategies (BK341)


In Football Coaching Strategies you’ll find 349 detailed diagrams showing a variety of offensive attacks, defensive packages, and special team tactics—accompanied by useful advice from the experts.

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AFCA's Defensive Football Drills (BK340)


In this day of explosive scoring and rules changes that favor the offense, fielding a competitive defense is more difficult than ever. AFCA’s Defensive Football Drills tries to level the playing field by providing the defense with practice activities that teach defenders the skills they need to excel. The book’s 70 drills are divided into four sections.

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Kicking the Football (BK339)


An effective kicking game is often the difference between winning and losing. Kicking the Football shows you how to teach your players to improve their punting, kicking, and placekicking. Former NFL punter and veteran kicking instructor Bill Renner reveals the best techniques, tactics, and practice drills to kick like a pro.

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Football's West Coast Offense (BK338)


This how-to book comes packed with 244 Xs and Os diagrams and explains the pro-style attack in simple and clear language. The authors, both former coaches on the BYU staff, explain how to tailor the system to suit your personnel, whether it’s for ball control or big-play needs. They also include a mini-playbook that shows you how to attack various defensive coverages.

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Complete Linebacking (BK337)


The linebacker position is more challenging than ever, whether a player is taking on a 320-pound lineman or covering a speedy receiver. In Complete Linebacking, Lou Tepper tells and shows how to excel at one of the game’s most demanding positions.

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AFCA's Offensive Football Drills (BK336)


Whether your team likes to run the ball, pass, or mix it up, AFCA’s Offensive Football Drills can help you improve team and individual performance. The book features the best drills used by many of the country’s top college and high school offensive teams. Choose from 75 individual and team drills to hone your players’ offensive skills.

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Complete Conditioning for Football (BK335)


The book includes 98 proven position-specific exercises that help players at all levels improve speed, agility, power, and endurance. The guide covers basic training principles of adaptation, specificity, overload, and periodization. It also lists which drills are beneficial for some players but not for others, and includes guidelines for proper rest and balanced nutrition.

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52-Week Football Training (BK334)


Whether you’re a coach looking for a proven training plan or a serious player wanting to excel, 52-Week Football Training provides the conditioning plan you need to maximize football-specific physical development and motivation. Players can gain the perfect balance of power, speed, and agility by implementing this proven in-season and off-season training plan.

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Offensive Football Strategies (BK333)


Offensive Football Strategies is the most comprehensive and detailed book of its kind, containing the most popular and effective offensive philosophies, systems, formations, and plays over the past 40 years. This extensive collection includes 73 articles written by many of the greatest coaching strategists in football history, including Bob Devaney, Bear Bryant, John McKay, Joe Paterno, Tom Osborne, Marv Levy, Hayden Fry, LaVell Edwards, Steve Spurrier, and many more.

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Strength & Power for Young Athletes (BK332)


Help your athletes get the training edge they need today to become the sports stars of tomorrow. With Strength and Power for Young Athletes, you can develop strength-training programs specifically tailored to children that will dramatically increase their athletic performance.

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Defensive Football Strategies (BK331)


Defensive Football Strategies is a complete collection of tactics, teachings, and insights from some of the best defensive minds in the game. Readers will find winning strategies from 90 top coaches—legends of both the past and the present—including Jerry Sandusky of Penn State, Bob Stoops of the University of Oklahoma, Bo Schembechler of the University of Michigan, Charlie McBride of the University of Nebraska, and R.C. Slocum of Texas A & M.

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Coaching Youth Football-3rd Edition (BK330)


This new edition of Coaching Youth Football is part of the improved generation of the American Sport Education Program’s (ASEP) Coaching Youth Sports series. This widely respected and highly popular series is the best collection of youth sport-specific guides, which are grounded in positive coaching principles.

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The Football Coaching Bible (BK328)


The Football Coaching Bible features many of the game’s most successful coaches. Each shares the special insight, advice, and strategies they’ve used to field championship-winning teams season after season.

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Complete Quarterbacking (BK327)


The team leader needs to know exactly what is happening on the line of scrimmage, who can get open to catch a pass, and who is in position to run the ball. He needs to be able to read the defense and react accordingly. He must be a team motivator and effective communicator, and he must be able to withstand the physical and mental pressures of this most prestigious position. Complete Quarterbacking gives you all that information and more

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Football Skills & Drills (BK326)


Solid blocking, sure tackling, proper footwork, precise routes, correct coverage angles, and synchronized body movements: basic techniques, perhaps, but all essential to winning football. Football Skills & Drills is your guide to success, covering key skills and consistent execution within all offensive, defensive, and special teams positions.