Upside Down Football: An Inside Look at Long Snapping in the NFL

by Ted Kluck

Book Overview

The long snapper is perhaps the most overlooked and underappreciated position in football. He spends a great deal of his career bent over a football, with a guy either kneeling seven yards behind him or standing back at 15 yards. In a sense, the long snapper has one job--to go unnoticed. If he is noticed, it probably means he's flubbed a snap--and for a long snapper, a single mistake can mean instant unemployment.

In Upside Down Football: An...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442257113
• ISBN13: 9781442257115
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"