OT: best books on learning football?
The Art of Smart Football & The Essential Smart Football - Chris B. Brown
Take Your Eye off the Ball - Pat Kirwan
April 13th, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^
Both of those Chris Brown books are very good.
Also, "Offensive Football Strategies" and "Defensive Football Strategies" by the American Football Coaches Assocation are both pretty good with explanations, diagrams, etc. on some basic plays, formations, etc. that you'll see and hear a lot.
Peanuts comics, every fall. It doesn't so much teach you how to understand the game; it prepares you for what it feels like to be a fan.
....which would have 23 - 32 links to rcmb.
April 13th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^
The Red Lock of Courage, or Where the Red Lock Grows. Both by Mark Dantonio
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April 13th, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
good or ready answer. i learned it by playing through all sorts of offenses (and some d, but not nearly as much) over the years. i kept many of my old play books, but those aren't going to be helpful to someone who wants to start from ground zero.
April 14th, 2017 at 12:58 AM ^
April 14th, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
i called a '93 read', not '93 red'. you ran the wrong route man. cost us the big game...
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April 13th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
Great series if you're looking to get a decided schematic advantage, though to be honest these first three are the best. Books 4-8 were a huge disappointment.
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April 14th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
– Coaching Team Defense by Fritz Shurmur
– Coaching Defensive Line by Fritz Shurmur
– Arnsparger's Coaching Defensive Football by Bill Arnsparger
– The Delaware Wing T: An Order of Football by Harold R. Raymond (a Michigan Man)
– The Art of Smart Football / The Essential Smart Football by Chris Brown
I started with the first 3.
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April 14th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
You are the definition of pithy
January 14th, 2020 at 9:54 AM ^
Despite its old post I would recommend you to read other stuff not football related. Maybe some hunters safety quizzes like this https://studyhippo.com/hunters-safety-quizzes/ or other crap. Too much football dude is not good at all :)