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For what it’s worth, I haven’t worked in coach/scouting myself. Everyone I’ve talked to though says Steve Belichicks Football Scouting Methods is the Bible of scouting.

https://www.amazon.com/Football-Scouting-Methods-Steve-Belichick/dp/1891396757

Makes for an interesting read.

Hang out here with us (and ask questions here), and be sure to look at our wiki page! There are tons of YT videos, books, and articles out there, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a catch-all source that covers everything. Your best bet is to learn/search one scheme or concept at a time and search for them specifically. Be sure to check out our sidebar as well.

Some authors/journalists are working together to create a line of books that break down specific teams' offense or defense from past years (like breaking down every call they made). Here's an example: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Down-2018-Rams-Offense/dp/1794188207

If you are looking for a book, "Take your eyes off the ball" was a nice read ! lots of details on each side of the ball, but very accessible also.

https://www.amazon.com/Take-Your-Eye-Off-Ball/dp/1629371696

I've actually managed to do some pretty decent looking stuff with Google Doc's drawing application -- which is free, btw. Once you've drawn up your plays, you can download them and put them into Microsoft Word or any other word processing application.

Example here.

I've never taken it, or even been on their site. Idk how much it costs but if you want to learn scouting I have always heard this is a great book. $6 on Amazon, $1 on kindle. Steve Belichick wrote it, Bill Belichick's father.

Football Scouting Methods https://www.amazon.com/dp/1891396757/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_72jSxbRETW9AR

Found this

At $27 with four left in stock, I would probably go for this if I was to coach up there.

It's worth noting the major difference between professional football and pretty much every other level of football.

In college and levels beneath college, it's not rare at all for a quarterback to have three seconds or more to make up his mind about where to put the ball. Therefore, he can stare down a receiver and wait for the receiver to get open. And, if the receiver doesn't get open in a timely manner, the QB can run for a decent gain.

In the NFL, it's rare to have more than 3 seconds for a quarterback to make up his mind. Therefore, it's important to

1. Have an idea how the defense is lined up
2. Have an idea how each of the routes in the offensive play attack the coverage
3. Given #1 and #2, who likely to be open within seconds of the ball being snapped. Also, be aware that if a defender slips and falls, get the ball to the receiver that the QB previously assumed was covered
4. Make sure that there is no standing around waiting for someone to get open
5. Utilize proper footwork so that the QB checks his first, second, and third choice receiver all within less than a second (each hitch step toward the second and third choice receivers should take 0.25 seconds each)
6. Take off running once its clear all three receivers are covered

Bill Walsh did a great demo (Quarterbacking by Bill Walsh) with Joe Montana back in the Spring of 2002. It can be found on disc one of the "San Francisco 49ers: The Complete History" DVD

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FII21G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can also find it on Youtube, but I don't want to link to it in case Reddit/Youtube decides to flag it for copyright violations

https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Run-Shoot-Football-Black/dp/0962477923/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3CZGM18BAK6LO&keywords=run+and+shoot+football+book+black&qid=1663260326&sprefix=run+and+shoot+football+book+black%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

This is generally considered one of the cheap "Bibles" for finding out about the passing concepts. There is also a Run and Shoot course taught by the Godfather's themselves:

https://runandshootcertified.com/

I took it and it's was... okay. The Air Raid certified course is honestly probably more worth your time if you have to get just 1.

Yes. We attach the go pro to a painters pole with this and this. We attached an IPad to the painter pole using a board that we attached to the painters pole. This allows us to record the butt copy during practice without lugging out the EZ camera.

Yea you probably could. Nice thing about painters pole is that it’s retractable.

I think this piecewould be part of the setup.

The link I attached is to a book that is about designing and rpo based offense. The author spends an entire chapter on rpos out of a power scheme and how he sees this as the future or rpos. The RPO Bible: Offensive Game... https://www.amazon.com/dp/1606795171?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

If you're looking at watching/understanding what's on TV, you can't top the QB School Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheQBSchool

In terms of books, you won't find any catch-all books. If you want to understand the NFL, there are some good books breaking down the offense/defense of specific teams from certain years: For example: Book Link

This is exactly what you’re looking for:

Check out the book “The Twin Thieves” by Coach Steve Jones from Kimberly HS in Wisconsin

The Twin Thieves: How Great Leaders Build Great Teams https://www.amazon.com/dp/1736966200/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VZ5DN7AHXB7P0VHJRH5Y?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Umm well depending on the league you may need to have the other team agree to you using a headset. With that said if you're going to do it use a proper helmet audio system and don't MacGyver oke together.

For no huddle just come up with hand signals and have back up qb and assistants signalling. Have some.bench warmers do dummy signals if you're worried about that.

The Hurry-Up, No-Huddle: An Offensive Philosophy https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1585186546/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_Q44WV4WWG61HYAPC4XKK

I absolutely love this one. Best one out there, imo.

LeCharles Bentley Building The Block: The Definitive Guide to Building Offensive Line Athletes

Building The Block: The Definitive Guide to Building Offensive Line Athletes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1986709671/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_AZ3C257A6DEX2ABP59FT

Can't go wrong with the book that the man himself wrote about his exact high school offense!

https://www.amazon.com/Hurry-Up-No-Huddle-Offensive-Philosophy/dp/1585186546/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+hurry+up+no+huddle&qid=1629327467&sr=8-3

Have you checked out the sub's wiki page or side bar?

I'm not a big book reader, but one I read that is nice for casual fans is "Blood, Sweat, and Chalk."

Gotta watch "The QB School" on Youtube by J.T. O'sullivan. It's outstanding.

It is available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1790659507/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1790659507&linkCode=as2&tag=noahriley12-20&linkId=7311dfc9756f0450378a2f576f7c3d9e

It is available on amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1790659507/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1790659507&linkCode=as2&tag=noahriley12-20&linkId=7311dfc9756f0450378a2f576f7c3d9e

Take Your Eye Off The Ball by former NFL coach and front office exec Path Kirwan is a one of a kind resource. It's a very good start if you want to know about strategy, player assignments, the draft, as well as X's and O's.