Blood, Sweat and Chalk: The Ultimate Football Playbook: How the Great Coaches Built Today's Game

by Tim Layden

Book Overview

The modern game of football is filled with plays and formations with names like the Counter Trey, the Wildcat, the Zone Blitz and the Cover Two. They have become part of the sport's vernacular, and yet for many fans they remain just names, often confusing ones. To rectify that, Tim Layden has drilled deep into the core of the game to reveal not only how these chalkboard X's and O's really work on the field, but also where they came from and who dreamed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603200614
• ISBN13: 9781603200615
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Sports Illustrated Books
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 17 years and under
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12