Football Books

Dr. Scranton is an excellent author. Playing Hurt is well written and captivating.

He brings you behind the scenes of the NFL, and describes the entire process of an athlete's life in well written detail. Medical knowledge is helpful, but not reqired. You can reference the medical terminology on the internet if need be.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is curious about sports medicine, or even the casual NFL fan (like me).

The descriptions of some injuries may be difficult to those without a background in common athletic injuries (eg. buckethandle cartilage tear). But, this is a great insight into one team physician's experiences in the NFL. I would agree with one review that said he focuses on his drinking, but having limited exposure to the world of sports medicine, as a collegiate student trainer, this is very much a part of the atmosphere. He discusses the bonding of a medical staff in a bar setting, that hazy arena where information on potential players is shared and war stories abound.

I would whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone that is even the slightest bit interested in the world of sports medicine.

The title of the book caught my eye. I see all these players getting hurt on Sundays. What is really happening? As I read the book I found it was something different. The medical aspect servers more as a backdrop into how the NFL works. Stranton talks about what really happens at the combines, what is draft day like, how do game days go, etc.

On the down side the book drags in a few places. He talks too much about all the drinking he does. Also, the book focuses almost exclusively on the Seahawks. On the up side he does not pull his punches. He is not afraid to say so owner or coach is a jerk.

Fun quick read.

Good book for handicapping the NFL. Easy to read and the Author gets his points across very well.

This "person" has only written 1 review......I wonder if he's a competitor? My money says the answer is "yes". The real writer of this book is Joseph J Tuttle. I've had many phone conversations with him, and he's ALWAYS willing to lend an ear. It is his incredible accessibility that I absolutely enjoy to no end. He can also be reached via email, for he always includes addresses where he can be reached. Personally, I think he's a wonderful talent. He suffers from Cerebral Palsy, AND STILL FINDS A WAY TO WRITE THESE BOOKS. His horsemanship background along with his vast knowledge of sports in quite remarkable. Here's his official Bio, below. Please note: He never once mentions his C.P. ! And for that, he should be applauded.


Joseph J. Tuttle's Bio......


ABOUT THE AUTHOR




Hello, my name is Joseph J Tuttle, and I'm 38 years old. At the ripe old age of ten, the Sun-Sentinel (a Florida based newspaper), did a story about me called..."Does Joey know the score....Do ya wanna to bet?" I've been a horseplayer ever since I was about 12 years old, so that gives me over a quarter of a century's worth of experience. My Father (Seymour Tuttle) was an owner, trainer, and driver of harness horses. He also dabbled a bit in the thoroughbred game. My Father was truly my hero, and this book is certainly dedicated to his memory. My Father passed away suddenly on June 20th 2005. He was 83 years young.


But, over the better part of a 25-year period, he taught me almost everything there is to know about the care and training of any kind of racehorse. It was for about five of those 25 years, that I actually worked as a groom/2nd trainer. He also taught me almost everything I know about handicapping the races. He once said to me..."I can handicap a race better than guys can "fix" it!" I believed him then, and I think he has passed that trait onto me. What my Father meant by that statement was that having a horsemen's perspective on things is a totally invaluable asset to have, when handicapping a race. And, it is that (a Horsemen's perspective in/on handicapping horse races), I plan on giving to you the reader.



In writing this book, I've made a very concerted effort to try and incorporate as much pertinent horsemanship knowledge into many of the chapters, as a way to better serve the novice, average, or below average horseplayer. I truly believe that after reading this book, you will immediately come away with a better sense of yourself (as a horseplayer), and will soon realize where exactly it is you want to be as a horseplayer. You may come to the realization that you're always going to be just a recreational horseplayer, in the world of handicapping the races. Or, you might have a wonderful epiphany and realize that maybe you too can become a more successful horseplayer. Maybe, a "professional"!

When I first decided to start writing this, it was on the encouragement of many different family members, and my wonderful girlfriend Jenny Lynn. So, here it is and I hope it helps educate you a little more, so that your next experience at the track will also be a winning one.


I'm Out!

J.R.

Well, I made $1300.00 from Thursday to Monday (first full weekend of college football), and it's ALL because of the teachings of this little book. This Joseph J Tuttle is quite the talent! And, he's so accessible. Once you purchase any of his titles, he's always willing to lend a helping hand, either through email or via the telephone. He always adds an email address in ALL of his books.

It's now been about 3 or 4 months since I purchased his first releases "The Tuttle Way" I & II, plus another book called "The Ultimate Guide to Beating Baseball". I knew after just a few pages that this book was written by J.T. and the name on the book was just a pseudonym. If you're like me, and you LOVE "BEATING YOUR BOOKIE"! Then, I think this book WILL certainly help.


Good Luck,
Brenda Smith

As a manager, I am telling you that there are hundreds of quotes in this edition that will be helpful to you! You will be able to use these in your management meetings, in pep talks, and for motivation in your own life. Have fun with these, and go make yourself some more money!

Do you sometimes struggle to make a point during a presentation or during a conversation with your team? Often you have the thought clear in your head, but it is difficult to get it across to others. This book gives me quotes by some of the world's greatest leaders, which I can use to support my points. I found this to be a great resource. Now, I find it easier and more effective to get my point across to an audience.

This book is essential for all leaders and public speakers. Whether I am coaching, managing at work, or just need to inspire friends, being able to tap into quotes by these remarkable people has been very helpful for me. It makes you sound smarter and drives the point home to others! If you're a leader, you need this book!

Being a HUGE fan of Remember the Titans, I was anxiously awaiting the release of Remember this Titan -- the Bill Yoast Story. Steve Sullivan did not disappoint and even exceeded all expectations. Sullivan managed to tell Coach Yoast's story in a way that keeps the reader wanting more. What I loved so much about Remember the Titans, I found in Remember this Titan - a chance to experience every emotion possible from laughter and tears to excitement and trepidation. Not only was I left with an intense respect for Coach Yoast, but also for Sullivan as a writer. Coach Yoast's story should be a "must read" for every student, leader, religious group, book club and parent. What an amazing example of leadership and character Yoast is and what a remarkable job Sullivan did depicting it.

I've grown tired of reading about so-called leaders who hype, cajole, posture and exhort their people. Read this book and learn what real leadership is. Bill Yoast brings skill, knowledge, and respect for his players to his coaching. He realizes what so few leaders today seem to grasp - it's the leader who needs to adapt. Each leadership task (game) is different. Each player is different. Bill Yoast provides inspiration and instruction to his players. He keeps the goals clear and provides his players with the conditioning and training they need. He doesn't tell his players they are good, he works to make them good. The author, Steve Sullivan, has chosen to give us the story in smooth flowing bite-sized pieces and that works well. Each bite contains a gem of an idea or a rich example that aspiring leaders can and should adopt.

Due to be released in late spring or early summer, 2005, this book is a must have for anyone who wants to succeed in life. For anyone looking for an incredible read: This is it!!! Bill Yoast, defensive coach for the celebrated 1971 Titans football team, which is widely known from the Disney movie "Remember the Titans", shares his life and wisdom with readers. The author, Steve Sullivan, masterfully retains Coch Yoast's down to earth qualities while telling a spellbinding tale full of hardship, tragedy and triumph. A great read for leaders and managers in every field. Yoast shares with the reader his tried and true recipe for success and satisfaction in career and life. I paid $14.95 for my copy(not the $70 from certain,unnamed vendors), and it is worth every cent and more. This is truly a story not to be forgotten!

This was a very intrestling book about the 2nd best coach and the incredible story of the 1991 season. This is a must read book for FSU Fans everywhere. I thourghly enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves college football.

As a freshman at Florida State in '91, I worked with the football team as a student athletic trainer. I remember Ben Brown, and how he spent almost every minute with the team, nearly becoming a part of it. Take it from someone who was there: Ben Brown got it right. If you want to know what a season at the top of college football's elite feels like, read this book. Even today, reading passages takes me back to memories I will never forget. I just wish Ben could have been with us in '93, when we won the National Championship, so he could have written a happier ending.

I felt this book reached deep down into college football. I was thrilled when names such as Edgar Bennet, Charlie Ward, Amp Lee, and Danny Kanell. I felt the boos of the opossing fans and felt the cheers of ours. Until I read this book, I never realized the preparation it takes to coach a college football team. This was a well planned, well thought, documentation of Florida State Football.

This book covers everything from Adrenaline to Windchill and anything you need to know in between. Starting with the category 'The Biology of Endurance' then 'Training Tools and Techniques' then 'Nutrition for Maximum Endurance' followed by 'Injuries, Obstacles, and Perils' and finally 'Great Endurance Challenges'(a listing of many major endurance athletic events around the world).

Ogranised in Encyclopedia format, this book is packed with the information you need to become a good endurance athlete. Wether looking up Massage Therapy, Fartlek Training, or Aerodynamics you'll find the information you're looking for quickly and easily. If you're a Personal Trainer or a beginner you will find this book usefull. I've had this book for almost as long as it's been published and have consulted it again and again. This is a book I'm sure any athlete would enjoy.

This is a book you can go back to anytime. Tinley (and McAlpine) cover all the aspects of endurance training. This is not a book that will give you all the detail, but it offers just the right amount of advice to help you through. I've done a few Ironman Triathlons myself and have actually met and talked to Scott tinley; he is the book and the book works.

This book is simply great for the endurance athlete. It deals with training, diet, mental aspects of endurance training, and medical issues. The book is instructional as well as motivational and is a work that you'll keep referring back to time and time again.

Coach Underwood has produced the definitive text on six-man football, an absolute necessity for prospective coaches. Even if you have years of experience coaching traditional 11-man football, you need this book.

Under Coach Underwood's careful editorship, "Six-Man Football" covers every base that a fledgling coach needs to master this version. Coach Underwood writes about his own legendary O'Brien Veer offense, then provides seven other offensive systems to choose from in articles written by other legends of Texas six-man football coaching.

This is followed by three chapters on defensive systems, and a chapter each on special teams play and on program building, preparation and conditioning. All in all, this is an entire library on six-man football condensed into one volume. Do not try to coach this unique form of America's game without buying this book!

Highest recommendation.

Written by a former high school football quarterback and subsequent football coach of six Texas high schools, Six- Man Football is a solid guide to a variation of football especially popular in rural Texas. Chapters discuss the history of six-man football, offensive strategies as contributed by a variety of different coaches, defensive strategies, how to get one's team physically ready, and six-man football in locations beyond Texas boarders including Colorado, Saskatchewan, New Mexico, Montana, and Nebraska. Black-and-white photographs and diagrams that illustrate football plays add a clear visual touch to this practical, down-to-earth strategy and instruction manual, highly recommended for school and private athletic programs that adopt this disciplined and focused version of a traditional American sport.

Written by a former high school football quarterback and subsequent football coach of six Texas high schools, Six- Man Football is a solid guide to a variation of football especially popular in rural Texas. Chapters discuss the history of six-man football, offensive strategies as contributed by a variety of different coaches, defensive strategies, how to get one's team physically ready, and six-man football in locations beyond Texas boarders including Colorado, Saskatchewan, New Mexico, Montana, and Nebraska. Black-and-white photographs and diagrams that illustrate football plays add a clear visual touch to this practical, down-to-earth strategy and instruction manual, highly recommended for school and private athletic programs that adopt this disciplined and focused version of a traditional American sport.

The book Snake is the biography of Ken Stabler the Oakland Raiders renegade quarterback of the 1970's. The book was very interesting and was very detailed. I recommend reading this book if you are a football fan. Also if you are an Oakland Raiders fan this book is for you. If you do not vulgar language or talks of sex, drugs and rock and roll you should not read this book. The book had many strong points, which include very detailed recolations of games and wild nights. My overall opinion of the book is that was very interesting and if you have a weak stomach this book is not from you. Snake is a book for football lovers and if you liked this book check "I'm the Assassin" by Jack Tatum another renegade from the Oakland Raiders in the 1970's. Go Raiders.

This had to be one of the funniest behind the scenes sports books ever. Shocking tales of hot-tub orgies, drunken spree's, and other general hedonism highlight page after page. And there is some football, too.

What were considered rumors about the wild lifestyles of the Oakland Raiders are actually truths according to one of the leaders, Kenny Stabler. Drinking, honky-tonking, reading the playbook by the jukebox light, womanizing and oh yes - football are some of the sideshows in this book. This is not only about the "Snake" but also about the other characters from the Oakland Raiders during their heyday.

This book is very unique. I am a coach of my girls soccer team in Connecticut. I have found the book to be very valuable. Most of these girls have had limited experience playing. The drills which I have incorporated in practice have enabled my players to play a control game and to play as a team. One of the drills "The low inside-of-the foot trap drill for ground balls helped my team contol the ball and prevent them from playing kick ball. This as well as the shielding drills taught them to make better traps and to maintain possession of the ball. This book also speaks on the necessity of fairness to all players.

I have used several of these drills with my high school team with good results; I especially like the Shoulder Charging Tackle Drill and the Preliminary Shielding/Trapping Drill.

This is an easy to understand drill book. It has unique and practical drills that I use during our team's training.

I have never seen some of the traps outlined in this book in other books. They are very interesting. Others traps are explained in an easily understandable and well-illustrated manner. There is also a section describing goalkeeping that is necessary for any coach or goalkeeper to master. Not only am I a coach but also a referee, and so the information for a good refereeing has been very useful. The book has only a few photographs, but many clear illustrations. Many of my other soccer books are full of photographs that really do not clearly tell the whole story when it comes to understanding a concept. The sketches however leave no doubt as to what the author is pointing out. I also agree with Luongo's delineation of identifying quality vs. poor soccer.

Jeff Gruwell
Schertz, Texas

Mr. Luongo
Sir I could go on and on and on about what I thought of your book. I have tried to teach the principles I learned in it to my own children but I have become so frustrated because they don't mesh well with the way that so many coaches coach. If only people would play disciplined soccer. At first the kids would be frustrated and even get beat but their grasp on the fundamentals would eventually far outshine the gambling mentality with which most of the soccer I've seen has been played. From the first kick down the field from the keeper, to the crosses down near the goal I just remember the analogy you used of how crazy that would be if basketball where played in that manner. Hey, thank you so much for your work. Shortball soccer without all of this one touch stuff ( I don't remember if you commented on that but most kids don't have the talent yet to handle the one touch stuff nor do I personally see the need for it if people are spread out and exercising proper ball handling skills) would make me much happier. I want my son to experience disciplined soccer but his high school team is stuck in the long ball, one touch, cross towards the goal rutt. They've individually have talent but the ball is thrown away or headed away throughout the game. I want to let the coach see your book or do something. Last year I tried to summarize some of the principles I had learned from your book and pass them on to him, but that was a fragile situation. I don't think it did any good. Do you have any suggestions? My daughter plays community soccer and has the same type of coaching. I'm not a know it all but would just love to see the game played upon sounder principles.
Thank you for the talents and knowledge you have shared. Take care.
Sincerely,
Jeff Gruwell

Whether you are a coach or a parent of a child who plays soccer, this book is a must! I own several soccer books, but I use this book as a reference and often carry it to the training field. If you are serious about soccer, this book is for you.