The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Football

A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Features the expertise of one of the nation`s top-ranking college football coaches Author Paul Pasqualoni, head coach at Syracuse University, is renowned for the hands-on style he developed over years of coaching football at all levels. Like all Baffled Parent`s Guides, Coaching Youth Football takes an upbeat, inspirational approach to coaching, with an emphasis on creating a positive, supportive environment. Pasqualoni offers the fundamentals of motivating, controlling, and encouraging a disparate group of children of varying skills and dispositions. Readers learn the secrets of coaching football, including how to determine a child`s position, how to teach blocking and tackling safely, and how to calm a player`s--and parent`s--fear of being hurt. Takes a drills-based approach to teaching basic skills Q&A sections provide solutions to problems most new coaches face Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.