Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting [Paperback]

Sam Hendricks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0982428669 | ISBN-13: 978-0982428665

From the award winning author of Fantasy Football Guidebook (and three other fantasy football books) comes the ultimate step by step guide to success; including methods of drafting, ranking players, creating cheat sheets and drafting like an expert. Finally, an easy to use and understand book, with tips on how to win your fantasy football league every year, is available at a great price. With over 200 winning ways, from how to pick a fantasy league to roster management tools, Fantasy Football Tips provides the key techniques to make you a consistent fantasy football owner. Written for all fantasy football players (whether a beginner or expert), Fantasy Football Tips is your ticket to this years League Championship.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Finalist in the Sports category --USA Best Book 2010 Awards

"A choice pick for those who love fantasy football. Fantasy football is a game of understanding the potential of players. "Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets, and Better Drafting" is a guide for those who want to improve their planning and choices when dealing with the game of fantasy football. With advice on better understanding football, seeing who is going to have the better season, and more, Sam Hendricks will give readers a leg up on their competition. "Fantasy Football Tips" is a choice pick for those who love fantasy football." --Midwest Book Review, October 11, 2009 --Midwest Book Review, October 11, 2009

From the Publisher

Sam's previous book, Fantasy Football Guidebook, is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Sports category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News and a 2009 Finalist in the Sports category of the Indie Excellence Book Awards. Fantasy Football Guidebook was also named "One of the Top 4 Fantasy Football books of All-Time" by RotoNation.com

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Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Extra Point Press (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982428669
• ISBN-13: 978-0982428665
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #625,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) participant with a .725 winning precentage. Author of Fantasy Football Guidebook; Fantasy Football Tips; Fantasy Foootball Almanac and the latest- Fantasy Football Basics.

Finished 7th overall at the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) in 2008 and finished 16th overall in 2009. Member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA).

Look for my Expert rankings, projections and mock drafts appearing in Fantasy Football Index, Fantasy Football Draftbook, Fantasy Football Cheatsheets and other magazines in bookstores each summer. I also host a blog www.blogspot.fantasyfootballguidebook.com and appear as an Expert in www.FantasyIndex.com's "Ask the Expert" column.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner from Hendricks, January 24, 2010

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Jeremy Crowhurst (North Vancouver, B.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting (Paperback)

For the most part there are two kinds of Fantasy Football books out there. The first is the basic, introductory "draft RBs before kickers" kind of book. The second is the goofball theory book -- books that, while far from comprensive overall, describe in great detail the brilliant, wonderful theory that made the author the best fantasy football player in his league two years out of the last ten. The optimist in me thinks the authors of the latter group are people who got lucky, and haven't really subjected their theories to much scrutiny, whether by peer review, computer simulations, or just looking at data. The cynic in me thinks these authors are deliberately peddling crappy ideas, using their (cough) name to cash in without revealing any "real" secrets of the trade. The realist in me suspects that probably there's a some of both going on in most of those books.

In my view Sam Hendricks is the only author out there who is both writing at a high level, and writing honestly about his approach to winning at fantasy football. This book is a gold mine of information, containing valuable tips that you aren't going to see anywhere else. In addition, he isn't shy about calling out some of the nonsense that passes for accepted wisdom in fantasy football canon, and when he does, he backs it up with a solid logical argument. Tip #64, for example, blows away one of the central theses of Randy Giminez's "Dominate Fantasy Football" in less than 400 words, and after reading both, I'm basically ready to use Giminez for kindling. He's wrong, Hendricks is right, it's that simple.

I think a handful of his tips are questionable, but so many of them are so on the money that it makes this book worth far, far more than what he's charging for it. Sure, he could use some help in the editing department -- I grate my teeth every time I read "Jay Cutler or P. Manning", or "ARZ WR Larry Fitzgerald" in a paragraph of prose. Spell 'em out, bro, it doesn't cost you anything and, as you say often enough, consistency is a good thing.

Why this guy doesn't get more credit is beyond me, but a BIG part of me is glad that nobody's reading his stuff. The last thing I need is for my opponents to get better.

Now if he could just clean up his yearly Almanac....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First the Fantasy Football Guidebook, now this little gem!, August 23, 2009

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John Kuczka "FF Rookie" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting (Paperback)

Sam Hendricks hits the bull's eye yet again with another great book not only on how to win at Fantasy Football, but how to better enjoy it as well.

Sam has competed in several high stakes leagues over the years including the World Championship of Fantasy Football and the Fantasy Football Players Championship. He shares the methods he himself has used to win since he began playing. Fantasy Football Tips is a quick and easy read, but it's comprehensive and detailed enough to guide you through the entire season. Sam's winning experience can be yours as he offers tips on drafting for your specific type of league and scoring system, techniques to help you pick the rookies destined to shine and how to spot the most likely breakout players. Sam even mentions weather and field conditions and how it will affect your team, something I rarely if ever thought about. There's also advice on trading and even an appendix with tools to help you stick with your plan on draft day. No FF player, veteran or novice should be without this book. Get it, read it, WIN!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for the Fantasy Football season!, July 25, 2009

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Charlie Toms - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win Through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting (Paperback)

Compact and easy to read, this is a great book for anyone interested in fantasy football.

NOTE: This book does not tell you how to play fantasy football. If you need that his first book, Fantasy Football Guidebook would be a better choice.

Instead, this book gives over 200 important tips on how to play BETTER fantasy football. From picking the right league (I never really thought about how the league type could affect my winning percentage) to important draft day tips (avoid QB/WR combos and RBs with over 375 carries) to miscellaneous tips (weather conditions); I cannot wait to play this year and see how the tips improve my play.

There is also a very interesting foreword from Dave Gerczak, co-founder of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) and winner of $100,000 last year and some special discount codes for various fantasy football games and websites.

Worth the $9.95 easily.