Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155149 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780736054560
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

”Successful people have an understanding of, and appreciation for, the fundamentals and details of any organization. Coach Bass does the best job of providing the details and instructions for everyone in the game. His skillful approach to teaching the basics and attention to the finer points are unparalleled.”

Joe Tiller
Head football coach
Purdue University

”Tom has always been regarded as one of the great minds in the game of football. Football coaches on all levels will find great benefit from his thoughts and principles.”

Pete Carroll
Head football coach
University of Southern California

About the Author
Tom Bass coached with three NFL teams over a span of nearly 30 years. With the Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Diego Chargers he served as a defensive coordinator and assistant coach on both offense and defense, and he held front-office roles of vice president of public relations and director of player personnel. Before his move to the NFL, he enjoyed six successful years of college coaching at San Jose State University and San Diego State.

Bass is also recognized as a premier clinician throughout the world. He conducts on-site technical football coaching clinics for football coaches from major colleges and universities as well as for youth, high school, junior college, and international coaches of American football. His football savvy is showcased in many venues: "In-Depth" clinics on his Web site CoachBass.com, his "Ask the Coach" column on NFLhs.com, at Tom Bass Football Seminars for Women Only, and through successful Coach Bass Sports Maps for NFL and college football.

As an ambassador of the game, Bass has served as president of the Canadian Football League team, the Sacramento Goldminers, and was on the board of directors for the International Football Federation of American football, which covers four continents and 23 countries. Major corporations such as IBM, Coca-Cola, and Anheuser-Busch have hired him for his speaking talents, and he has been the featured guest on numerous sports talk and interview shows on radio and television, including HBO, ABC Nightly News, and ESPN.

Tom and his wife, Michelle, live in Carlsbad, California.

Customer Reviews

Great for any football athlete playing any position
I am a 17 year old senior in high school, and although I don't actually play football, I love the game and my favorite position is Quarterback.

This book covers how to be a good Quarterback very well, showing how to receive the snap, how to properly throw the ball, how to properly drop back, and even teaches you what mindset you should have - that is, if you are a player.

The book also covers every other position and area of football.. it has nearly everything you can think of, along with great pictures that demonstrate each and every step along the way.

Do you want to learn how to be a better Running Back? This book's got you covered.

Do you want to learn how to do better on the line? This book's got you covered.

Do you want to learn how to be a better kicker? This book's got you covered!

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the book is not just the content, but how it's presented. Since it practically goes step-by-step over each and every position, the book is suitable for coaches and players alike. So a coach will benefit from this book just as much as a player wanting to improve his position.

I would highly recommend this book, and I honestly can't find any flaws with it. It's well-presented, the author - Tom Bass - is a well-informed professional football coach, and you'll find just about everything you need.

If you are a football coach wanting to improve your team or a player wanting to improve your skills at a certain position(s), I highly recommend this book.