Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #785540 in Books
• Published on: 1994-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 98 pages

Customer Reviews

Coaching Points From a Master
Fritz Shurmur provides valuable coaching points on many aspects of football defense, such as personnel requirements, run and pass defense, pass coverage, nickel defenses, practice organization, and scouting information. Rather than present a specific defense, as he does with The Eagle Five-Linebacker Defense, Coach Shurmur delivers something closer to a coaching clinic featuring diagrams, player responsibilities, and coaching tips that any coach would find helpful and which can be adapted to work in any system.

Greatest Defensive book ever written.........
So few things in life can ever be truly certain, but this book by the defensive coodinator of the 1996 World Champion Green Bay Packers is the #1 book ever written on defensive football......It covers EVERYTHING. Scouting the opponent, techniques, different packages, overall philosophy...It has it all. Bill Arnsparger's book WAS #1 until I read Shurmur's CLASSIC!!!!!!!! He died of cancer in 2000, but Shurmur's book on defense will be very relevent and helpful FOREVER.

something to consider
I have a lot of books on the subject. I find this book is a good reference on alternative ways of dealing with offenses, and applying some of his techniques and ideas. However if you are coaching youth football it is a little to much for 8-15 years old level, I'm not disappointed in the book you just have to read allot to get a little. Then break it down as you see fit for the kids.