Sports & Recreation & Football

Football Physics - The Science of the Game

4 stars (Good Book for the Sports Fan Who Likes Science) - From start to finish this was a fascinating book. There is also a great deal of football history sprinkled throughout. It does a great job introducing the football portion of the topic, then the physics lesson, and then combines them to understand how the physics principle is implemented in real life. It does take a basic understanding of physics to really grasp the concepts since the book does not go into a great deal of detail on the principles. It starts with the fundamentals of blocking a tackling and you gain a much greater understanding of the forces an NFL player can generate. Then you get to understand the precision required to run a passing and kicking game. I especially enjoyed the section on pursuit angles and maximizing the yardage gain. A very fast read that was very enjoyable. 5 stars (I Wish I'd Had This for a Physics Textbook) - If Thmothy Gay doesn't rewrite this book into a high school level physics text he's really missing a bet. Of course I don't know anything about selling textbooks, but boy, I sure wish I'd had something like this when I was first taking physics in high school. Dr. Gay is both a professor (atomic physics) and a football fan. What happens when a heavy, fast moving player (like Warren Sapp) hits a much lighter quarterback (Doug Flutie)who is standing still? This is such a better question than a mass of blah with a speed of blah-blah, and so on. Or what was the accuracy required of Joe Montana in throwing to Jerry Rice in The Catch during SuperBown XXIII. Montana had to throw the ball at just the right speed, just the right direction, and just the right time. But how fast, how accurately, and what was the margin of error on his timing. The book is a delightful read on aspects of the game of football rarely seen. 5 stars (Great book for football fans and science students...) - If you're a football fan but don't know anything about physics, this book will teach y...
Rodale Books :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Physics :: Football - General :: Football :: Timothy Gay :: Bill Belichick :: :: Football Physics - The Science of the Game

Get Your Own Damn Beer- I-m Watching the Game- - A Woman-s Guide to Loving Pro Football

5 stars (For Novices and Those Who Think They're Pros, Too!) - My knowledge of football is limited but I've always enjoyed the game. Holly Robinson Peete writes with humor as well as honing in on the "fears" of women who don't understand the game. I learned a lot and refer to it as I watch this year's onslaught of games. She also provides interesting anecdotal comments and facts about the history of the game and its famous and infamous players. 5 stars (Finally!! It all makes sense) - As a true b-ball fan, I never really appreciated the great american sport of football. I became more and more intrigued by the sport as I followed our Carolina Panthers to the Superbowl, season before last. Although I religiously watched all of the playoff games, I certainly couldn't hold my own in a conversation about the games. But now I have to say I believe I can. Holly, girl, you did the dog gone thing. Men even seemed to be the impressed by the mere fact that I was reading a book about football (as I found at the airport earlier this week). This book is fun, sassy and informative. I can hardly wait until this season's opener. Bring on the beer, wings and yes, even ice cream. I'm lovin' it! ...
Rodale Books :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: United States :: Terminology :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Social aspects :: Football - General :: Football :: Marcus Allen :: D :: Get Your Own Damn Beer- I-m Watching the Game- - A Woman-s Guide to Loving Pro Football

Saturday Shrines - Best of College Football-s Most Hallowed Grounds

Saturday Shrines : Best of College Football's Most Hallowed Grounds...
Sporting News :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Novelty :: Nonfiction - General :: Non-Classifiable :: Football - General :: Football - College :: :: Saturday Shrines - Best of College Football-s Most Hallowed Grounds

The Last Coach- A Life of Paul -Bear- Bryant

5 stars (THE LAST COACH - THE END OF AN ERA) - Okay, I'm only half way through this book, but I have to say that this is truly one of the best books I have ever read. It's a funny feeling you get when you read this book. As a man, I don't know if I respect Paul Bryant more or less (as a coach, no one compares). What I do know is that I have learned a lot. I love the game of college football, and I long for the days of men like The Bear. 5 stars (researcher par excellance) - Allen Barra is the finest researcher author in the area of sports books. His ability to delve into Bryant's character and his coaching career speaks volumes on his researching ability. Allen has an interesting writing style that captures the readers attention, and makes the book that much more enjoyable. As a fellow historian/researcher and former college football coach I highly recommend this book. 5 stars (An American hero) - It's hard to believe, but it took more than twenty years after Bear Bryant's death to produce a book worthy of a great American hero. Barra has accurately summed up Bryant's greatness as well as his shortcomings and gives an honest objective look at both. Nitpickers with grudges can criticize all they like, but this book will stand up over the years. Paul Hornung was indeed the most sought after football player to come out of Kentucky in his senior year; I know, I was there, and Barra tells the story of his unsuccesful recrutiment by Coach Bryant with total accuracy. Alan Page was indeed the first black starter on the Notre Dame football player, a fact recorded in many places. As for Coach Bryant's drinking, the subject is handled with fairness and taste. Anyone who doesn't approve of Bryant's drinking would be well advised to remember Lincoln's reply when he was told that General Grant drank; every football coach in the country should be given a case of whatever Bryant liked. ...
W W Norton :: Sports & Recreation & General :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Biography & Autobiography & Sports :: University of Alabama :: United States :: Sports - Gene :: The Last Coach- A Life of Paul -Bear- Bryant

Keeping the Faith - In the Trenches with College Football-s Worst Team

Keeping the Faith : In the Trenches with College Football's Worst Team...
The Lyons Press :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Trinity Bible College Lions (Football team) :: Trinity Bible College :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: History :: Football - G :: Keeping the Faith - In the Trenches with College Football-s Worst Team

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...
For Dummies :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Soccer (Association football) :: American football :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Handbooks :: manuals :: etc :: General :: Footb :: Football for Dummies- Second Edition

The Lion In Autumn - A Season with Joe Paterno and Penn State Football

The Lion In Autumn : A Season with Joe Paterno and Penn State Football...
Gotham :: Sports & Recreation & Football :: Sports - Football :: Sports & Recreation :: Sports :: Penn State Nittany Lions (Football team) :: Paterno :: Joe :: :: Football - Ge :: The Lion In Autumn - A Season with Joe Paterno and Penn State Football