
Football for Dummies
Football for Dummies
Football for Dummies
$13.45The fun and easy way to tackle football basics and enjoy America’s most popular sportSince the last edition of Football For Dummies, new stadiums have been built, new stars have ascended, and records have been broken. This new edition has been revised to reflect today’s game, giving football fans up-to-the-minute information on all the rules and regulations, positions, plays, and...

Every Day Is Game Day: The Proven System of Elite Performance to Win All Day, Every Day
Every Day Is Game Day: The Proven System of Elite Performance to Win All Day, Every Day
Every Day Is Game Day: The Proven System of Elite Performance to Win All Day, Every Day
$12.88Noted sports performance expert and bestselling author of Core Performance, Verstegen reveals the training program he uses with elite athletes and U.S. Special Operations Forces. As founder and president of EXOS, Mark Verstegen has trained the world’s top athletes in sports including the NFL, Major League Baseball, and worldwide soccer powers, along with the most elite “tactical athletes”—U.S....

The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently
$16.99“Your only job is to help your players be better.” That single idea had a huge impact on Tony Dungy when he heard it from one of his earliest mentors, and it led him to develop the successful leadership style so admired by players and coaches throughout the NFL. Now, a storied career and a Super Bowl victory later, Tony Dungy is sharing his unique leadership philosophy with you. In The Mentor...

When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak
When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak
When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football’s Longest Winning Streak
$18.99De La Salle High School in Concord, California, is home to perhaps the greatest dynasty in sports history. At age 23, Coach Bob Ladouceur launched a legend, “The Streak,” with no teaching or head-coaching experience, and with his teams amassed the highest winning percentage in all of football history with 138 consecutive victories. This book takes readers behind the scenes, closely...

The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
$10.99AN EXPLOSIVE AND REVELATORY PORTRAIT REPORTED FROM DEEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF BIG-TIME NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE PASSION, THE THRILLING ACTION—AND THE SHOCKING REALITIES THAT LIE BENEATH THIS COLOSSAL, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL has never been more popular—or more chaotic. Millions fill 100,000-seat stadiums every Saturday; tens of millions more watch on television every...

Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football
Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football
Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football
$14.50The New York Times bestseller about the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it—“A fascinating saga” (Booklist). In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author John U. Bacon embedded himself in four college football programs—Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, and Northwestern—and captured the...

Mind Gym : An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence
Mind Gym : An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence
Mind Gym : An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence
$17.25Combines psychological principles with inspirational stories to help amateur athletes take their game to the next level, overcome adversity, stay motivated, and follow their dreams.

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
$15.88By the author of the bestselling Moneyball: in football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not...

Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
$11.50The bestselling inspirational book in which the author reunites with a childhood football hero, now a minister and coach, and witnesses a revelatory demonstration of the true meaning of manhood. Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star and volunteer coach for the Gilman high school football team, teaches his players the keys to successful defense: penetrate, pursue, punish, love. Love? A former...

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
$12.25Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa–the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the...