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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.33226 EAN: 9780736001427 ISBN: 0736001425 Label: Human Kinetics Publishers Manufacturer: Human Kinetics Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 307 Publication Date: 2000-09 Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers Studio: Human Kinetics Publishers Editorial Review: Product Description: This volume is a complete collection of knowledge and insights from many 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 Sanduskly of Penn Sate, Bob Stoops of the University of Oklahoma, Bo Schembechier of the University of Michigan, Charlie McBride of the University of Nebraska, and R.C. Slocum of Texas A & M. The book contains 73 detailed presentations on many of football's most successful defensive tactics used during the past 40 years. With the help of the 600 X-and O diagrams, coaches will learn about countering common offensive formations and attacks, stopping the running and passing games, situational decision-making, and defending the goal line. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Better than AverageStrengths: The book broadly covers most of the elements of defensive football strategy. Most defensive approaches that have been attempted successfully in the last 40 years are reviewed and explained. Football coaches, especially at the HS level where the athletes' practice time is limited, will appreciate the book's simplicity and its ability to convey the essence of a particular defensive approach. Do these philosophies work? They have, in various forms, for decades. Weaknesses: ... Read More Rating:  - Defenses of the 60s in a book that comes out in 2000??Aww come on! This is the best the AFCA could do? Lets call it what it really is THE BEST OF THE AFCA MANUALS (DEFENSE). Now granted some techniques and fundamentals are ageless, but the AFCA has members at every major college and most professional teams. This is not the best it could do. |
