The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football Like Apro

by Joe Theismann and Brian Tarcy

Book Overview

Discusses the rules and lore of football along with information on the players' positions, coaching, strategies, the impact of television on the game, and the joys of being a football fan. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028617436
• ISBN13: 9780028617435
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Complete idiots guide to excellent

This a great book for every one from begginer to heisman. Joe Theismann a former Q.B for Notre Dame and the Washington Redskins and now an e.s.p.n. commentator knows everthing about football. He explains everything from what is a touchdown to five parts of coverage.

Complete guide to exellent

Joe Theismann a former Q.B for Notre Dame and Washington Redskins and now a espn commentator knows everything about football. He uses his skills in football and writes about it. He talks about everything from what a touchdown is to five parts of coverage. This book is exellent for idiots all the way to heisman.

A must for all Novice and All-Madden Football lovers

I found this book funny and entertaining. There are idiot proof diagrams and easy to understand concepts. Joe Theisman teaches you lots of things in this book. I loved it and I'm sure you would love this book too.

A VERY Worthwhile book, even if you're NOT an "Idiot"

I'm hesitant to be seen buying, never mind actually READING, any book that's for "Complete Idiots". But, I bought this book, and I read it, and -- cool, I now understand football.The book starts with the absolute basics. How big is the field? What's a "down"? How many players are there on a team. That sort of stuff. The book quickly progresses into more detail. You learn the responsibilities of each position on the offense and defense. You even get some reasonable insight into offensive and defensive strategies. You get the jargon. You really understand the game.All through this, Theismann keeps the tone light and pretty amusing. He writes very well (though, I've gotta say by way of very minor critisism, that the writing could be better edited).If you didn't play football in College, and you want to understand the game better, this is definitely the book for you. It was for ME. Even if you're NOT a Complete Idiot.