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The correct and efficient use of personnel in any phase of a football game is a great concern to coaches at all levels. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Defensive football strategies.,
By Anthony ES Mulhall (Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Defensive Football Strategies (Paperback)
This book is a collection of AFCA articles and is such, can be a little disjointed. However, the articles are concise and everyone should be able to find something within to help them with their coaching. Contains a lot of information, and good value for money, considering the number and breadth of articles.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Average,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Defensive Football Strategies (Paperback)
Strengths: 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: The strength of the book is also its primary weakness. It covers so much material that nothing is covered in detail, and coaches seeking the finer points of a particular defensive scheme may have to look elsewhere for assistance. Some of the newer defensive philosophies, especially the incredibly specialized schemes used in the pro ranks (defensive ends dropping off into coverage in short zones, linebackers who only play in running situations, or cornerbacks involved in intricate blitz schemes) are not covered. HS coaches will probably not have the time or athletic talent to indulge in that level of detail anyway. As for the critique that defensive schemes designed to stop offenses from the 1960s don't belong in the book, I would beg to differ. In many areas of the country, especially the deep south, HS football coaches still employ the offensive systems in which they themselves played in decades before. Perhaps the most prominent example is the use of the triple-option out of a wishbone formation, once a staple of college football (Oklahoma and Alabama in the 1970s), never used in the pro ranks and abandoned by almost all college teams except the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy. It was not unusual to find Tennessee HS football teams still running this offense through the 1990s. In this regard, the book's coverage of defenses designed to stop antiquated offensive game plans is a strength at the HS level. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Average book,
By C. Bradley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Defensive Football Strategies (Paperback)
After buying it and reading it, I can see both reviewer's points. The concepts of playing defense are included in this book, but it does include alot of stuff about defenses that are not played as much today (60, 76, 5-2, 5-3, etc.) in higher levels.
This book is not geared to stop newer offenses, like the West Coast, spread-styles, or pro-style pass oriented attacks. It is essentially combined from articles written in the '60s-'80s, when teams were more run-oriented. As such, the examples shown are good for playing run defense against option offenses like the veer, Wing-T, and various forms of the Bone and other pro-sets (2-backs). In the lower levels, this book would be very useful, but its application to newer passing offenses is limited and not very helpful. One would need to supplement the information here with books geared to defending these offenses. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it!!!,
By Spread411 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Defensive Football Strategies (Paperback)
This book is great! Has anything a defensive coach could ever want. I bought this book, because I wanted to get different ideas on what coaches thought about defense. It has helped me learn what defense I want my players running. Very easy to follow with all the diagrams and descriptions of the defenses.
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