The Toss: A New Offensive Attack for High-Scoring Football [Hardcover]

Jerry Vallotton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

For all new and experienced football coaches, here is an intriguing new offensive attack that produces high-scoring wins and has already broken records in California, Texas, and other states where it's been implemented. Better still, this original ball control offense doesn't require outstanding personnel at each position to work effectively and has a simple core of just four plays. And it's blueprinted for you in it's entirety by the author! Over 100 diagrams, and 30 photos, supplement the text throughout, providing an instant reference to specific plays, formation, and drills. In short, The Toss gives you all you need to use this tested and new offensive attack successfully, regardless of your particular setting or player talent. To Quote Coach Vallotton, The Magic of the Toss has worked every time. And it will work for you.

--This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Jerry Vallotton spent 14 years playing football and 19 years coaching it. He has been a head coach, offensive and defensive coordinator, and has coached all individual positions. (His emphasis is O-line.) Coach Val has also been published in several coaching magazines. He has worked as a consultant and clinician since publishing his first article in 1993. His website has been a hub of information for many doublewing coaches. --This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Parker Publishing Company (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0136325483
• ISBN-13: 978-0136325482
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #814,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The toss an easy high scoring mis-direction offense to run, July 23, 2000

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Robert R Spaziano - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Toss: A New Offensive Attack for High-Scoring Football (Hardcover)

The "Toss" offense is a great offense to install. It's a simple offense to run. The plays are easy to learn and they all look the same. In the toss offense it's really tough for the defense to see who has the ball because the line splits are toe to toe. Also, you will find that you don't need to block all the defenders because if your backs carry out their fakes for atleast ten yards, they will have defenders chasing them all around the field. The linemen blocking is simple because they either double team at the point of attack vs. odd fronts (example 50 def), or they down block vs.even fronts (4-4 and 6-2 def.) & blitzing defenses. I ran the TOSS offense at the high school level (9th grade) and had great sucess, my team went 7-0 in the regular season- out scoring our opponents 212 to 14. If you are looking a easy mis-direction offense to run (like the wing-t) the toss offense is for you. Give it a try, you will be glad you did. Trust me!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written how-to book on a unique offensive system, November 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Toss: A New Offensive Attack for High-Scoring Football (Hardcover)

The authors present a well-written how-to manual of a unique offensive system with only a minimum of the "cheerleading" you regularly receive from advocates of a particular system. The book contains numerous diagrams and pictures to illustrate both the technical aspects of each play and the visual representation of the play as it is executed during an actual game.

The "Toss" offense features power football with an adequate measure of deception. To be honest, it is strictly for those who advocate ball control and a run-oriented attack, using passing as a change of pace and quick strike feature when the opposing defense has totally committed to defending the run. The "Toss" offense is a total team offense, with the entire offensive team involved in every play. With pulling linemen and double-team blocking at the point of attack, it is well suited to teams with smallish but quick offensive linemen or to teams without outstanding offensive players. The "Toss" offense's power features remind me of the single-wing in its ability to concentrate a large number of players at the point of attack. This offense can be adapted to any age group of players. For example, I intend to use it for a 10-12 year old Pop Warner team. This book on the "Toss" offense is a quality addition to any coaches' collection of football "how-to" books.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved Our Otherwise Horrible Season, January 25, 2000

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Brad Knight (South Dakota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Toss: A New Offensive Attack for High-Scoring Football (Hardcover)

As a coach facing the possiblity of not only going 0-8, but being routed this book changed our season. The record stayed the same but it made my freshman and sophomore starters (graduated 17 seniors the previous year) a very competitive group. Had we held onto the football we would have been 3-5 at the very worst. With young kids I installed this offense, and the blocking schemes in a matter of 5 days. I can't thank Coach Vallotton enough for writing this book and changing my philosophy of what an offense can do. He is also very available as a resource when installing the offense. He has numerous videos and drills available for an inexpensive price. He is also willing to talk on line and on the phone to help iron out any wrinkles you might come across. To be honest I wouldn't sell my "bible" (as the kids refer to it) for any amount of money. I recommend this book to any coach struggling with putting points on the board, it has sure helped my team.