American football

Football for Dummies- Second Edition

4 stars (Good But Still Doesn't Answer Why The Ball Isn't Round...) - And if it isn't round, why is it called a "ball"? Maybe it's been false advertising all these years. Maybe there really IS no such sport as footBALL. Maybe America's favorite weekend sport should be called "footoblong". There, I feel better now. This book starts with the most basic of basics and explains the hows and whys of football at a pace where even the most calculus-poisoned of intellectuals can soon know as much about the sport as any slack-jawed jock. Offense, defense, flags on the field, third and long, shotgun passes, sacks, conferences, pre and post season play, illegal but funny clothesline tackles, and why it's called a 'gridiron'. It's all here. Begin at one end of this user-courteous how-to tome and proceed to the other and by the time you get there you'll be ready to work on your beer belly in your weekend easy chair, bottle of brewski to your right, bag o'chips on your left, remote in your lap, kids locked in the car till halftime. This book can help anyone, newcomer to the sport or lifelong fanatic, pick up some new information on why it's so much fun to watch two teams of glandular cases with necks the size of tree trunks smash into each other in pursuit of a little pigskin ball...I mean "oblong". 3 stars (Mediocre guide...) - I am an avid football fan and I love to learn new material about the game everyday. I bought this book because I thought it would be a good supplement to the game. I was disappointed. The book itself is not very detailed. It should have been more accurate in depicting game plays and its players. Howie Long played defense in the NFL and I found it ammusing how the book was very defense oriented. Sometimes, the book was too "silly" and not informative enough. However, I found some chapters like the ones about the quarterback and the college teams interesting to read. 4 stars (not perfect, but it's all right) - I am not american. I have allways enyo...
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