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Blitz-Proof Pass Protection with Game Proven Pass Routes

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Apparently "Coach" takes his criticism a little too harsh. I have to agree with "reader" this book is wafer thin on pass protection and there is NOTHING new here. It is the same slant,hitches,fades and crossing combos that everybody uses. I guess if you've never stood on the sideline, read another football book, watched game tapes of your opponents and gone to a clinic you will find this insight "helpful". Not sure why Coach Powers thinks he has discovered something new here. I was also wondering where coach explains how some of the routes he says are in this book are adaptable to ANY formation?? Like reader I wish Coach Powers well and I don't doubt that he is a good coach but let us be honest with those who are making a decision on which books to fit into their tight time and financial limits. There isn't anything special or unique that makes this book a must have "pre-season" read.

I was hoping for something new. Maybe a little more detail on pass protection? Unfortunately the book does not go into that much detail on the emphasis of its title "Blitz Proof Pass Protection". Its basically the same standard protection that would be all familiar to those who have studied the game, nothing new or revolutionary, its just a different guy explaining the same b on b protection EVERYBODY uses. As for the pass routes again nothing new to those who have studied the game. Just your basic 3 step package. I wish Coach Powers luck and I hope the publisher (somewhat new to football coaching books) continues to put out more football material, however I would recommend Andrew Coverdale's and Dan Robinson Quick Passing book series for those seeking more detail on both pass protection and quick "blitz proof" passing. Coverdale and Robinson also include some cutting edge pass ideas that are simple and adaptable to any formation, Coach Powers on the other hand seems to limit his package to very few formations. Again nothing against Coach Powers its just this material is covered better and in more detail elsewhere.

I own hundreds of football coaching books and this might be the most useful I have ever read. Don't be confused by the title, the best part of the book is it's detailed description of picking apart coverages, and the 80 series passing game. This is a must have for any football coach.

Coach, thanks for writing this book. It certainly solved the problem I was having with pass protection at my high school. The concept is easy for the kids to understand. The pass packages improved what we were trying to do in the passing game. They gave us more diversity. We improved from 2-8 to 7-3 with just average athletes.

If I wrote such a totally inaccurate review I wouldn't want anyone to know who I was (Reader) or where I lived (Football Town, USA) either. The pass protection scheme is adequately covered in the opening chapters of this book as noted by the editorial reviews. Once defenders are identified and the pass protection scheme is explained a few adjustments are discussed. We use very few of the adjustments but they are in our package. The basic scheme holds up versus most fronts and stunts reducing the need for a lot of adjustments which confuse players. We have a few adjustments that will take care of certain stunts we see but the basic calls are usually all we need. I have received several emails from coaches telling me how much they enjoyed learning this pass protection scheme and they think it will help them. I know it will! It turned us around from perennial losers to contenders. There is almost no three-step drop in this passing book while all of Coverdale and Robinson's drops are in the Quick Passing Game. I recommend their books to you. We use them to give us another dimension to our passing offense. Also, there are enough formation possibilities that a coach could use a different formation on nearly every down of a ten game schedule. That's enough for us. The versatility and effectiveness of the pass routes are expounded on in the chapters dealing with four-quick receivers, attacking cover two, attacking cover three, attacking man coverage, using play-action passes, and a goal line package with minimal (if any) similarity to Coverdale and Robinson's books. Even if your pass protection is sound the book is worth getting for its effective pass routes in chapters five through eleven.

As a highly successful college coach, I have discovered that it's really not necessary to scheme against the blitz. Really, if one executes the gameplan that one scripts several months before the game, there is no need to adjust.

Screens and quick slants are dangerous plays to run. The best way to beat the blitz is to keep the QB stationary, so that he is able to execute the keen gameplan of 3 yard outs.

Another good way to beat the blitz is to have the receivers run very long, complicated hitch patterns that will confuse the DB.

Besides that, there is no need to bring in extra blockes, audible, misdirect, tunnel screen, flare, quick slant, rollout, or do anything else.

I believe that my astounding record of wins per season stands as a testiment to my ability.

Coaches-tired of having your quarterback sacked every time he drops back to throw? And coaches, sick of having pass plays that don't always work? Well here's your opportunity to turn those football woes into football heroes. How can this be done? With Coach Bill Powers' new book, Blitz-Proof Pass Protection. In his book, Powers shares with coaches a new form of offense to enable them to pass the football without fear of blitzing linebackers. Powers left nothing out of this book; everything coaches need to know is here, with explanatory diagrams. The 11-chapter book goes into everything from game proven pass routes to goal line passes and play action passes. Powers' book will help all players who read and use its techniques to become better. All of his years of coaching are poured into this 118-page book. Even offensive line coach Jim McNally of the Super Bowl New York Giants team has great things to say about this book describing it as, "the best teaching scheme for effective high school pass blocking" that he has seen. "Your players will cut their mental errors in half," McNally adds. "The system works verses all defenses." The book teaches very important routes, blocking schemes and formations. Why will Powers' plays work? Because Coach Powers and his techniques have helped turn the Eagle football team from a 2-8 season to a 8-2 season over a short period of time. The book might not exactly make your players NFL material; but if used correctly, the techniques in the book should help coaches and teams who use it. Blitz-Proof Pass Protection is not a book of football stories; it is a book of football formations and plays. The book features many graphs and pictures to help coaches and athletes better recognize the formations and plays Coach Powers is teaching. Head Coach Bobby Pruett of the Marshall University football team states, "This is an excellent playbook on the passing game. It will be of great assistance to any coach putting in an offensive system for their team."