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Index

Symbols
10-yard dash 100
2-point stance 10, 11
20-yard dash 100
3-point 20
3-point stance 10, 19
31 trap 61
4-4 104
4-4-3 defense 44, 58, 64, 84
4-point stance 10, 19
5-3 104, 109
5-3-3 42, 44, 54, 61, 67, 85, 89, 92
55-gallon drum 51
6-5 36
6-5 defense 46, 58, 84, 85, 104, 109
A
Age 29
age 31
Ahern, Jim 52
aiding the ball carrier 50
air 72
Air Coryell 109
Air Force 94
Al Borges 111
Aldrich 20
Aldrich, John 15, 24
alignment strip 18
all-hook pass 104
alley 53, 56
antibiotics 36
area block 37, 86
Army 5
assignment 28, 32, 103
Assignments 6
assignments 8, 23, 42, 46, 59, 98, 99, 102
audible 11, 112
B
backpedal 83
backpedaling 104
backward pass 78
bad-ball drill 73
Balance 109
Baltimore Ravens 9, 108
bar graph 36
Basketball 8
Bass, Tom 62
bellies back 93
belly back 68
bellying back 63
bench route 67, 75, 90
bend-but-don’t-break defense 53
Benicia 65
Berkeley 16, 35, 53
Black, Alan 30
Blend into the sideline 77
Bliss, Mark 25, 80
blitz 16, 75, 95, 102, 109
blocking back 27, 39
blocking below the waist 41
Blocking technique 37
blocking test 26
Blount, Joe 46
blow to the head 41
bounce outside 47
Bowden, Bobby 32
boxing 60
Bravo 63, 102
Brian Billick 108
Broncos 8
Bronson (FL) High School 51
Bronson, Will 13
Brown, Paul 7
Bryant, Bear” 5
buck 89
buck lateral 9
bunch 10
Burnsed, Floyd 53, 109
Bynum, Mike 5
C
cadence 27
Cal 111
Caldwell, Charlie 7
California 69
carioca 99
carry a football 39
Carrying the ball 100
Catch it once 73
central casting 23
Chalk 98
chalk 42
chalk talk 53
Charlie 63, 102
cheat 20, 36, 37, 57
cheating 59, 109, 110, 111
Chiarelli, Ryan 20
Chinn, Richie 25
chop block 38
Clark, Dwight 69
clearing route 74
Cleveland 7
Cleveland Brown 55
clip 55
clipping 41, 51, 74
Clydesdales 53
Coaching Youth Football 16, 20, 30, 101
Coaching Youth Football Defense 5
Coaching Youth Football. 50
Columbia University 39, 47
combine 26, 30, 99, 100
comeback 74
Complementary plays 31
completion rate 72, 77
conditioning 99
conex container 45
conformists 5
contain 13, 14, 51, 53, 54, 60, 63, 75, 89, 90, 92
Contraindication 64
contraindication 46, 89
Contraindications 52, 60, 75
Contrarian 6
contrarian 5, 89
Conway Springs, KS 25
Cornell Law School 5
counter 110
Cowboys 69
crack 95, 101, 105
crack back 104
Crack-back 29
crack-back 13, 51, 54, 55, 56, 74
cross paths 74
crossing paths 112
crossover step 42, 43, 47, 57, 61, 93
Crowley, Jim 7
cutback 47
D
Dallas 49
Dan Fouts 109
daylight 47
De La Salle 32, 53
De La Salle High School 31, 94, 95
decoy 29
Defensive star 24
defensive tackle 37, 38, 43, 55, 63, 79
defensive-tackle 102
Delayed release 42
Delayed sprint-out run-pass 85
depth-chart 24
Developing an Offensive Game Plan 108
Dipsy-doodle 80
dishonest alignment 78
distraction drill 72
dive for a ball 73
dive over the pile 51
dominant side 95
double team 42, 63, 64
double wing 6, 110
Double-team 38
double-team 6, 7, 16, 26, 27, 33, 34, 38, 39, 55, 59, 61, 63, 79, 102
double-wing 6, 10, 93
Downfield blocking 8
Downfield pitch 93, 105
downfield-blocking-during-the-pass 77
draft 27
drop back 78
drop kick 5
drop-back pass 67, 109
drum majoring 59
Dummy line call 43
E
Eagle claw 39, 100
eagle claw 94
Easel pad 110
East-west blocking test 102
east-west blocking test 30
east-west fake 61
east-west test 38
east-west” test 23, 26, 27
eight in the box 46
El Cerrito 53
elusiveness test 28, 100
encroachment 16, 19
F
face mask 26
Fairfield Falcons 10
Fairfield Suisun 25
fake 42, 51, 80, 86, 89, 104
fake reverse 61, 79, 104
Fake target 90
fake-dive handoff sweep 53
fake-reverse 34
Falcons 8
False start’ motion 14
false start” motion 20
field captain 27
fielding percentage 70, 72
Fight for the ball 72
Finding the Winning Edge. 107
first color 59
first step 51
first string 106
first-round draft pick 53
First-string flanker 29
Fit and freeze 102
fit and freeze 102, 106
Fit-and-freeze 104
fit-and-freeze 65, 98, 99, 103, 105
five in the half box 46
flag route 91
Flanker 28
Flies out 111
flip 9
flood 74
Florida State 32
flying out 33
flying wedge 49
Football Clock Management 18, 35, 70, 101
Football Clock Management. 112
Football Coaches How to Do it Book 18
Football for Dummies 62
Foothill High School 52, 77
footwork 43, 93
Forced reads 70
Fordham University 5
formation tendencies 9, 10
Four Horsemen 7
Foxtrot 38, 43, 55, 58, 101
free safety 87
Freeze 50, 59
French, Peter 73
Friendly hash 35
friendly side 54, 101
friendly side flanker 78
friendly-side flanker 11
fumble 100
fumblerooski 51
G
GAM defense 84
game plan 9, 108
gap-8 defense 46
Gap-Air-Mirror Defense 5
gap-air-mirror defense 91
Gap-Air-Mirror Defense for Youth Football 16
get open 72
Gimme five 73
go 84
goal line 75
Goal-line 36
goal-line 42, 46, 90, 91, 109
Golf 42, 43, 44, 58, 101, 103
Granada High School 79
Granada High school 80
Green Bay 49
Green Bay Packer 47
Green Bay Packers 53
Gridiron Coach 20
H
half-time player 12, 13
handoff 20, 61, 62, 64, 79, 80, 85, 90, 100, 104
Handoff-receive technique 85
Harvard 7
hash 11, 35, 101
hash marks 10
heavy-weight linemen 18
Heisman Trophy 109
hitting 7, 8, 98, 99
holding 41, 72
Holtz, Lou 54
honest 36
hot pass 75
Hotel 43, 44, 58, 101
Howard, Lou 18
huddle 18
human play clock 35, 102
hurry-up 34, 69, 70, 105, 112
I
Ice Bowl 49
in bounds 71
inbounds 69, 87, 112
incomplete pass 78
ineligible receiver 27
ineligible receivers downfield 68
ineligible-receiver-downfield 77
injury 52
inside tackle 27
Instant Replay 49
Instant replay 45
intentional grounding 71
interception 78
Ithaca (MI) High School 52
Ivy League 8
J
jab step 62, 93
jamborees 10
jiujitsu 34
jog throughs 68
Juggling 73
jump ball 73
jumping 73
K
keep-them-honest play 31, 53, 92
keeping honest 67
Kenny Dorsey 109
Keuffel 20, 41, 57, 67
Keuffel, Ken 24, 31
Keuffel, Kenneth 15
keys 20
kickoff 50
kitchen countdown timer 100
Kramer, Jerry 49
Kubiak, Gary 8
L
Ladouceur, Bob 31, 32, 53, 95
Landry, Tom 7
lateral 78
lawn chair 25
Layden, Elmer 7
lead blocking 59
Left formation 47
left-handed 68, 95
Lewis, Casey 42, 83, 87, 107
Light linemen 18
lightweight 28
Line call 43
line call 34, 43, 44
line judge 78
line splits 10, 15, 16, 64
linked arms 49
linked-arms 52
log block 40, 43, 47
Lombardi sweep 47
Lombardi, Vince 5, 39, 47, 53
long end 27, 39, 40, 55, 95
Long guard 27
long guard 49
Long, Howie 62
long-yardage situation 86
Look in and tuck 72
loss plays 63
Low man 37
M
Madden, John 52
MagnaDoodle™ 34, 35, 101, 102
magnet 111
Man 74, 112
man 75, 90, 91, 102, 109
man blocking 59
man pass coverage 68
matchups 109
Miller, Don 7
mimnimum-play player 41
Minimum-play player 12
minimum-play player 12, 13, 29, 85
minimum-play players 24, 25
minimum-play rule 29
minimum-play- player 29
Miramonte 53, 73, 74, 79
Misdirection 33, 107
misdirection 31, 36, 51, 52, 62, 65, 80, 107
misdirection situation 51
mix it up 20, 35
Montana, Joe 69
motion 20, 112
mouthguards 26
N
naked 79, 80
naked bootleg 89
Napa 25
Nasty split 14
nasty split 14, 15, 16, 45, 65, 100, 102
nasty splits 15
Navy 7
nepotism 24
nickel defense 109
nine guys in the box 52
no back 6
no pads 99
no-pads practice 23, 99
No-pads week 21, 100
no-pads week 28
non-dominant side 95
Notre Dame 7, 55
Notre Dame Box 5
Number of plays 7
O
Oakland Saints 79
obsolete 5
off-tackle 15
off-the-line signal 101
Office Depot 110, 111, 113
one back 6
one-against-two defensive line drill 16
one-back 85
One-handed catch drill 73
open step 47, 93
openers 107
option 36
option pitch drill 106
option-pitch drill 92, 106
Order of selection 30
Oregon 52, 72
out and up 69
out of bounds 69, 71
out route 75
Outside tackle 27
outside-handoff 89
Overhead-angle video 45
overpenetrate 40, 63, 102
overpenetrated 40
overreact 90
overreaction 33
P
P.A.T. 36, 85, 86, 90
P.AT. 54
pads blocking test 26
Parallel-passing drill 73
pass 36
pass interference 72
pass protection 67
Passers’ range 11
passer’s range 69
passing situation 36, 51
Paterno, Joe 23
peel back 46
Peel-back 73, 102
peel-back 13, 29, 41, 55
penalty decision 28
penetration 33
Personality 23
personality 24
personnel 32, 74, 109
pick 69, 74
pitch drill 94
Pitch relationship 105
pitch relationship 92, 93
pitch sweep 53
Pitch technique 94, 105
Pittsburgh Steelers 7
place kick 26
Platooning 24
play catch 29
play clock 11, 34, 35
Play Football the NFL Way 62
Play sequence 34
play-action 84
play-action pass 31, 67
playing-card values 30
playing-card-value 42
Pleasanton 42
plugs the ends 84
Point man 49
pooping-in-the-woods 19
position names 11
power 36
power I 10
power play 36, 107
power runner 27
power series 5, 9
pre-season 23, 37
pre-season scrimmage 94
Pre-snap signal 77
Princeton 7
proactive 35
Pulling 18
pulling 27
pulls 27
punt 18, 26, 28, 50, 63, 77, 86
pursuit angle 89
push-up position 19
Q
Q-in 74
quadruple threat 28
Quarterback 27
Quarterback-under-center snap 25
quick block 38
quickness 28, 45, 55
R
Racely, Ed 24, 32
Ralston, John 83
reactive 35
Reads 69
reads 106
ready-to-play signal 11, 35, 103
ready-to-play whistle 77
red zone 109
relative’s position 24
release 68
reverse 15, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 39, 43, 61, 62, 65, 85, 89, 91, 102, 103, 107
reverse pivot 93
Richmond 78
River City 78
Rockne 7
Rockne, Knute 5, 8
Rookie 29
rookie 26
rookies 24
rotation 23
Run interference 8
run-pass option 67, 90
Runs, The 111
S
sack 71
San Diego Chargers 109
San Francisco 49ers 69, 83
San Ramon Valley High School 73
school band 23
school play 23
scout 10
scout defense 13, 43, 52, 75, 104
scout script 103
Scout team 7
scout team 41, 65
scouting 112
Scramble route 69, 102
scramble route 90, 95
screen pass 52, 72, 109
scrimmage-kick formation 26
second string 106
second-string 26
sharp cut 112
shift 21, 112
Short end 27
short end 33, 57, 70
Short guard 26
Short yardage 90
short-yardage 83, 91
short-yardage situation 86
shoulder block 38, 40, 55
shoulder dip 53
shoulder fake 53
shoving match 38
silent audible 77
Simplified Single Wing Football 15, 31, 41, 57
Single Wing Offense with the Spinning Fullback 15
Single Wing Symposium 49, 79, 80
Single-Wing Symposium 19, 25, 31
sister play 31
Size 29
slant 75, 78
sled 51
slot 10
slowdown 34, 69, 102, 105, 112
smash-mouth 33, 63, 65, 79
Smorgasbord Offense for Winning Football 46
snap 87, 100, 106
Snapper 24
snapper 35
snapper test 24
soccer 8
Speed 47
speed 27, 28, 45, 53, 60
spike 6
spin series 9
split end 11, 77
Sports Illustrated for Kids 25
stalk block 55
static read 70
Static reads 69
stay home 89
Steelers 7
step ladder 45
Steve Sax Syndrome 69
straight line 100
streak 84
strong safety 39
student body off-tackle 110
student-body-right 57
Stuhldreher, Harry 7
stutter step 93
submarine 52
Swing wall 102
swinging the wall 43
swinging wall 102
Sykes, Will 20, 53, 60
T
T coach 31
T-formation 6
Tailback 28
Target on receiver’s body 71, 102
technique 32
Theder, Roger 109
thoroughbreds 53
three-point stance 16, 100, 101
Throw the ball away 70
throwing-on-the-run 68
Timing 8
timing 41, 54, 55, 56, 90, 93, 98
tipoff 20, 43
tipoffs 15
together 38
Trajectory 102
trajectory 72, 87, 105
trap 19, 27, 33, 40, 42, 47, 52, 61, 63, 65, 79, 100, 102
trap block 6
triple option 6
triple team 43
triple threat 28
turnovers 94
twirl 74, 75
two-cycle offense 20
Two-handed fake 80
two-point conversion 109
U
Unbalanced line 9
unbalanced line 6, 11
unbalanced-line 91
unbalanced-line, single-wing 33
uncovered linemen 43
University of Delaware 93
University of Houston 92
University of Miami 109
unnecessary roughness 25
unsound 37
unsound alignment 110
unsportsmanlike conduct 43
V
Veer 92
veer 6, 94
vehicle 51
veteran 24
video 47, 59, 99, 104
video tape 38
vision 47
vision lane 71
W
Walk through 37, 41
walk through 65, 68, 71, 98, 103, 104, 105
Walk throughs 71
Walk-through 42
walk-through 45, 106
wall block 26, 27, 37, 38, 62, 67, 86, 95
wall blocking 27
Walnut Creek 25
Walsh, Bill 83, 107
Walsh, Coach 83
Ward, John 51, 52
Warner, Pop 5
warp-speed no huddle 43
weather 111
wedge 27, 33, 37
wedge block 27
Weight distribution 19
westerner 23, 27
wide receiver 28
Wide side of the field 54
wide-tackle 6 104
Wide-tackle 6 defense 58
wide-tackle 6 defense 65
Wide-tackle-6 defense 44, 84
wind-the-clock motion 11
wind-the-clock signal 77
Wing 28
wing 39
Wing-T 6, 85
wing-T 5, 12, 78, 93
wishbone 6
Wrong-shoulder drill 73
Wrong-way play 79
X
Xpedx 113
Y
Yale 7
Yeoman, Bill 92
Z
zone 75, 90, 102, 109, 112
zone pass coverage 74