Football category: 4223 books
Leopold Method Quarterly Edition Issue 2
Intelligent, Insightful Football Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Leopold Method’s Quarterly Edition is a cross-between the world renowned UK football publication the Blizzard and Australian current affairs journal Quarterly Essay. Issue 2 includes pieces on our long involvement in Asia; the women’s game; coaching and the role of sport in immigration. - The Long...
by Trevis Waters
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
This eBook was written to help you understand what fantasy football is, how it works, and how to play it. Whether you're thinking about playing fantasy football, wanting to play, or actually starting to play, this eBook explains it all. You will get an in depth description as to how it works and tips...
Football Uncyclopedia
A Highly Opinionated Myth-Busting Guide to America's Most Popular Game
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
With a blend of statistical analysis, opinion, love for the game, and a healthy dash of humor, authors Michael Kun and Adam Hoff challenge the myths and beliefs that have long afflicted football. No subject is off limits. The greatness of the 1972 Miami Dolphins? Skewered. America's Team? Put in its...
Football Physics
The Science of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2004
You'll never view a football game in quite the same way again--the ultimate guide for the millions of impassioned fans who have turned football into America's most watched sport
What effect does altitude have on the flight of a kicked ball? How do Newton's laws of motion apply to blocking and...
Football Leaks
Uncovering the Dirty Deals Behind the Beautiful Game
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
One anonymous football fan.
18.6 million confidential documents.
This is the explosive story of the biggest leak in sporting history, and the shady underworld of modern football.
In 2016, a whistleblower known only as 'John' started to leak a treasure trove of top-secret files...
by Mark Chester
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
What does a football hooligan firm do outside football? In the case of Mark Chester and the infamous Stoke City Naughty Forty, the answer was: live off their wits and burn the candle at both ends. Chester left Stoke in the mid-Eighties in search of something more than the buzz of terrace violence. He...
A Payroll to Meet
A Story of Greed, Corruption, and Football at SMU
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Southern Methodist University in Dallas is one of numerous prestigious universities in Texas. The school’s football team was the pride of the university and the city. Before the late 1970s, however, the relatively small school had trouble recruiting and struggled to keep up with the big-time football...
Saturday, 3pm
50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Overpaid players. Sunday lunchtime kick-offs. Absurd ticket prices. Non-black boots. Football's menu of ills is long. Where has the joy gone? Why do we bother? Saturday, 3pm offers a glorious antidote. It is here to remind you that football can still sing to your heart.
Warm, heartfelt and...
AFC Wimbledon
A Pictorial History
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
AFC Wimbledon are the true phoenix club, formed and owned by supporters who have been on an incredible journey from the Combined Counties League to League Two over the past eleven years. The climb from the ninth tier of the English football pyramid was by no means smooth. Plenty of rocky obstacles...
by Sandra L Caron & J Michael Hodgson
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College Game provides women with the basics for understanding a college football game – how it is played, including the various playing positions, and basic offensive and defensive strategies. It includes a close-up look at what happens before,...
by Alvin Grier
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
If you’re like most college football players, you weren’t drafted into the NFL after college. It may have hit you then that you might never play organized football again, but your passion won’t allow you to give up on your dream of playing in the NFL.One problem... you don’t know what...
Why Fantasy Football Matters
(And Our Lives Do Not)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Talking Trash, Trading Studs, and Drafting Sleepers -- an Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Obsession
U.S. businesses lose $200 million in productivity each football season because employees are managing their fantasy squads instead of working.
In Why Fantasy Football Matters (And...
by Thomas L. Bass
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
The best-selling guide on the essentials of the game is bigger, better, and more comprehensive than ever.
Solid blocking, sure tackling, proper footwork, precise routes, correct coverage angles, and synchronized body movements—these basic techniques are all essential to winning football....
by Geoff Ketchum
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
At last, here's the book Longhorn fans have hoped for: the ultimate die-hard fan's guide to one of the greatest college football programs ever. The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Longhorn Football takes you back to the very beginning of University of Texas football in 1893 when, according to reporters...