You're no idiot, of course. But when it comes to keeping up with the plays in a football game, you're not sure who's talking more of a beating--you or the players. Don't hang up your jersey yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football Like a Pro helps you build your football knowledge to make you a savvy, more satisfied spectator. Feel confident about your next pro game and sharing your newfound insights at the water cooler. In this Complete Idiot's Guide you get:

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football Like aPro

Sports & Outdoors

Tarcy, Brian

Theismann, Joe

Football (American)

Alpha

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football, Second Edition, provides new and intermediate football fans with all the information they need to understand and enjoy football. From high school to the NFL, coverage includes the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies and even what to wear! New coverage for this edition includes: the draft - how it works for teams and players including parity, new technology on the field including instant replay, dangerous referee flags and rules changes for college and pro ball, XFL, arena league, expansion teams and NFL Europe, and the changing business and team strategy for professional football today.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football (2nd Edition)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Recommends exercises, explains basic plays, demonstrates how to pass, hold for extra point attempts, and make accurate handoffs, and tells what to look for in selecting a quarterback

Quarterbacking

St Martins Pr

Celebrated Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann candidly discusses his career, the brutal injury that ended his career, his feelings toward fellow players, and controversial issues in contemporary football

Theismann

Kindred, Dave

Biographies & Memoirs

Contemporary Books

How to be a Champion Every Day: 6 Timeless Keys to Success

Overachiever Joe Theismann had reached the pinnacle of success as an elite NFL quarterback, with a Super Bowl victory and NFL MVP award. But the memory that sticks with many fans is the gruesome injury--his leg was shattered on Monday Night Football--that ended his career. The end of his days on the gridiron wasn't the end of life for Theismann, though. In How to Be a Champion Every Day, Theismann recounts stories from his impressive career, providing an inspirational guide for how to succeed on a team, in your career, and in your everyday life. Theismann draws on the people who have inspired and motivated him over the years, like head coach Ron Rivera, San Francisco 49ers safety Ronnie Lott, and his own mother. These amazing stories all emphasize a simple yet profound message that with hard work, focus, and belief in yourself, you can achieve greatness. Organized by themes such as Attitude, Teamwork, and Motivation, Theismann's wise anecdotes highlight his firm belief that positive-thinking, goal-oriented people can achieve anything they set their minds to. See how Theismann's advice can change your life.

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Radius Book Group

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