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Books: Subjects: Football
T.O.by Terrell Owens List Price: $25.00 Available from Amazon $15.75 On 7-19-2006 
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Pro Football Prospectus 2006: Statistics, Analysis, and Insight for the Information Age (Pro Football Prospectus)by Aaron Schatz List Price: $18.95 Available from Amazon $12.89 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description It’s a bible for the over 14 million fantasy football players in America, and the smartest guide for savvy fans who are looking for the kind of statistical analysis once reserved only for baseball. Created by Aaron Schatz—a Bill James of football, according to The New York Times Magazine—and the staff of FootballOutsiders.com, PRO football PROSPECTUS 2006 presents a new year of groundbreaking intelligence, including: Pioneering team and player ratings that correct for situation and opponent to reveal true contributions to success. A unique statistical toolbox featuring DPAR (Defense adjusted Points Above Replacement); Stop Rate, or how often a defender makes a meaningful tackle; Adjusted Line Yards, which separate offensive line from running back performance, and more. Includes exclusive 2006 predictions and odds on each team as a Super Bowl contender. Praise for last year’s debut: “As complete an NFL Preview as you will ever see. Aaron Schatz is bringing Moneyball to the oblong ball.”—Jay Crawford, ESPN2 “A new bible for superfans and fantasy football leaguers”—Chris Berdik, Boston Globe “Indispensable to fantasy football players and fans who simply want to dig into the real reasons teams play well”—The Washington Times “The book is loaded with interesting observations.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Outstanding”—The San Diego Union-Tribune “Comprehensive”—The Washington Post About The Author Aaron Schatz founded FootballOutsiders.com, is a regular contributer to Foxsports.com, and covers the NFL for The New York Sun. |
The Education of a Coachby David Halberstam List Price: $24.95 Available from Amazon $15.72 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Halberstam focuses on Bill Belichick, one of the NFL's most successful coaches, and the game of football as a team sport with rich detail, exacting research and colorful anecdotes. He reveals what fans of the head coach of the New England Patriots have always known: the roots of Belichick's coaching lie in the essential mentoring by his father, an excellent teacher and college coach who taught his son how to scout players and teams, instructing the author on how to study films of players when he was just nine years old. As an assistant coach working with Bill Parcells's New York Giants in the 1980s, Belichick's "football first" credo was born of precision and discipline. He went on to guide the Patriots to win three Super Bowls in four years (2002, 2004 and 2005). Halberstam brings to his seventh sports book an encyclopedic knowledge of football, a firm grasp on the inner workings of effective coaching, an understanding of the systematic roles of the players and a shrewd psychological analysis of Belichick himself as a man and team leader. His book reminds readers that "residence at the top [is] as much a product of good fortune as it [is] of talent, willpower and planning." (Nov.) Copyright © Reed business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From AudioFile Bill Belichick is now coach of the New England Patriots football team. His teams have won three of the past five Super Bowls, and he was an assistant coach on champion teams twice before. In this book, journalist David Halberstam examines what makes Belichick, never a pro athlete himself, successful. He explores Belichick's childhood (his father was a successful collegiate coach) and early professional coaching career. Halberstam's straightforward journalistic style translates well to audio, making listening easy to follow. His language is clear, and he reduces complicated technical football discussions to terms even non-football fans can understand. The abridgment is almost seamless for most of the audio. Large chunks of Belichick's most recent accomplishments have been cut, which is wise since that's the part listeners are most likely to know already. Eric Conger reads with clarity and authority and resists trying to sound like a TV commentator. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. |
Among the Thugs (Vintage Departures)by Bill Buford List Price: $15.00 Available from Amazon $9.75 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly The American-born editor of the British literary magazine Granta presents a horrifying, searing account of the young British men who turn soccer matches at home and abroad into battlegrounds and slaughterhouses. Buford, resident in England for the last 15 years, set out to get acquainted with these football supporters--as their fellow Britons call them in more measured moments--to learn what motivates their behavior. He discovered a group of violent, furiously nationalistic, xenophobic and racist young men, many employed in high-paying blue-collar jobs, who actively enjoy destroying property and hurting people, finding "absolute completeness" in the havoc they wreak. He also discerned strong elements of latent homosexuality in this destructive male bonding. Following his subjects from local matches to contests in Italy, Germany and Sardinia, Buford shows that they are the same wherever they go: pillaging soldiers fighting a self-created war. Copyright 1992 Reed business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Buford, a native of the United States, is the editor of the London-based literary magazine Granta . In 1982 he witnessed the takeover of a train, a football special, by English soccer thugs. He reveals how fascination for this distinctly English phenomenon of "soccer hooliganism" led him to follow a group of violent supporters of the Manchester United Red Devils. Buford is accepted into the group and in time seems to develop a sixth sense about impending violence or when things, in English parlance, are "going to go off." Particularly riveting is his account of the aftermath of a match in Turin, Italy, where 200 or so Manchester supporters marched through the ancient streets leaving fire and destruction in their wake. Buford's original theories on football violence, fraught with notions about disenfranchised youth and the frustration of the working class, are forever dashed. He concludes that the English working class is dead, and what remains is a culture so vapid that " . . . it pricks itself so that it has feeling, burns its flesh so that is has smell." Public and academic libraries should have this. - Mark Annichiarico, "Library Journal" Copyright 1992 Reed business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
Defensive Football Strategiesby American Football Coaches Association (Editor) List Price: $23.95 Available from Amazon $16.29 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Now you can build the kind of defense that wins championships with Defensive football Strategies. This complete collection of tactics, teachings, and insights comes from many of the games best defensive minds from over the past 40 years. Inside you’ll find winning strategies from 90 top coaches, including Jerry Sandusky of Penn State, Charlie McBride of the University of Nebraska, R.C. Slocum of Texas A & M., and Bo Schembechler of the University of Michigan. With the help of more than 600 X-and-O diagrams, they show you how to counter common offensive formations and attacks, stop the running game and passing game, make down-and-distance decisions, and defend the goal line. Defensive football Strategies was developed in cooperation with the American football Coaches Association. It’s a one-of-a-kind resource for building a defense that can win it all.
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Football Against the Enemyby Simon Kuper List Price: $14.73 Available from Amazon $11.34 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing national, political and cultural identities, football is the medium through which the world's hopes and fears, passions and hatreds are expressed. Simon Kuper travelled to 22 countries from South Africa to Italy, from Russia to the USA, to examine the way football has shaped them. At the same time he tried to find out what lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play, from the carefree self-expression of the Brazilians to the anxious calculation of the Italians. During his journeys he met an extraordinary range of players, politicians and - of course - the fans themselves, all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique place football has in the life of the planet. About The Author Simon Kuper is the author of football Against the Enemy and writes for the Observer and the Financial Times. |
Youth Football Skills and Drillsby Tom Bass List Price: $14.95 Available from Amazon $9.72 On 7-19-2006
See Item's Page Book Description One of the NFL's leading coaches helps you improve your players' techniques and your team's performance Building on the phenomenal success of the Baffled Parent's series, this comprehensive resource helps you expand your teaching skills and improve your players' performance and enjoyment. It's equally indispensable for parents thrust into coaching, former players taking on their first coaching assignments, and veteran coaches. This great guide features: Tackling and catching drills for the entire team Group and team drills for offensive, defensive, and special team situations A unique system of paired drills and instruction for wide receivers and defensive backs; linemen and tight ends; and running backs and linebackers Photographs and diagrams that simplify the coaching process Back Cover Copy The ultimate toolkit for youth football coaches With its great emphasis on position on offense, defense, and special teams, football is the most complicated and challenging youth sport to coach. Youth football Skills and Drills gives you the hands-on, step-by-step guidance to instruct young players and prepare them for the season. It presents and explains all of the essential techniques to play each position, provides proven drills you can use to teach each of these techniques, and suggests an optimum time-line structure for teaching and practicing each drill. Unique among youth football coaching guides, this key to coaching success recognizes that most youth-team players play on both sides of the ball, and it recommends special drills that pair up key offensive and defensive positions. It also supplies important advice on organizing your coaching staff depending on the number of coaches you have and their areas of interest and strength. Important features of this unparalleled resource include:
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Football Drill Bookby Doug Mallory List Price: $14.95 Available from Amazon $9.72 On 7-19-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Make the most of your practice time with the Football Drill Book! Doug Mallory, the defensive backs coach for the University of Maryland, has compiled a collection of drills that will help players in all positions develop and polish their abilities. This book includes chapters with selected drills for the following positions:
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