Complete Idiot's Guide to Football

by Brian Tarcy and Joe Theismann

A beginner's guide to understanding football covers the structure and rules of the game, various positions, offense and defense strategies, key games and players, college football and the draft, and the joys of being a fan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028641671
• ISBN13: 9780028641676
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I love football and i know some things about this sport, but this guide gives you a complete step by step explanation. Great for all fans

You will know football even though you are not an American

I'm a Chinese girl and never watched any American football games in Hong Kong until I married to an American and moved to United States one and half years ago. He is a football fan and he keeps track his team every day, not to mention especially during the regular season every Sunday. I started to watch football games with him, and I liked it a lot. Now, I understand why so many American like football. I asked many questions while I was watching the game, because I wanted to understand it more. Therefore, I read this book last year and it gave me a lot of basic information in an easy way. More interesting is the book gives many statistics and facts that I was impressed by the football business. Anyone has no idea about football, this book can help. Now, my husband was surprised that I knew football so well and we discussed football a lot during the regular season this year. This book helps us to have more conversation topics.

Excellent book

I have been an NFL fan for 20+ years but, never having played the game, I didn't completely understood all the different player positions and their responsibilities. Joe Theismann did an outstanding job explaining the rules, positions, history and everything else about the game. I knew most of the basic rules but not all of them. For example, Joe explains which rules change in the final two minutes of each half. I believe anyone interested in football would benefit from reading this book, including beginners. I have started reading it a second time, there is so much good information. P.S. I would rate this book 5 stars even if I wasn't a Joe Theismann and Washington Redskins fan!

the complete idiots guide to football 2nd edition

if you know NOTHING about football from lack of interest or comprehesion, and the love-of-your-life knows EVERYTHING about football from the time he could speak...this book is a great help. you come away from this book knowing more than a little SOMETHING, and it becomes an excellent referrence guide. don't let your love see it until you are done...this is such a great read...you may not get it back for a while if you allow it to leave your hands. there's no boring, classroom type format-just clear fun info.

INCREDIBLE SYNOPSIS ON FOOTBALL!!

I have searched for some time to find the perfect book on football and this is it. As a former player and present coach, I have found the information to be extremely valuable. From the origination of the sport to the most complexed offensive and defensive strategies, this book has it all!!