American Football - Softcover

Camp, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1540425983 ISBN 13: 9781540425980

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

"Easily the first treatise on that now popular game. It is not only eminently readable, even to the tyro, but it contains suggestions based on such profound experience in the science of football that no captain or coach of any first-rate team can afford to miss the consideration of them. No one can read Mr. Camp's chapters on the historical evolution of the present American game without in a certain measure appreciating its present semi-military character, that makes its matches at once so difficult to understand and so thrilling to witness. Mr. Camp has written not only wholly without bias, but without giving himself the least credit for the present perfection of the game, though this is almost entirely due to his theoretical grasp of the possibilities and limits of football and he has at the same time made the 'Yale game' (famous above all others for subtle and unlooked-for strategy." -The Nation

"Of course every one is familiar with the great and sportsmanlike part which Mr. Walter Camp has played in the development of American football." -New Outlook

"Walter Camp was known from one end of this country to the other as the 'Father of American football' Today he still retains both the name and the commanding position. For over twenty years he has been the final authority on the game in this country. He has forgotten more football than some of the men who coach today have ever known." -The Atlantic Monthly

"A neat little volume, which will appeal directly to the players of America's robust game, as well as to the followers of the sport. Mr. Camp has made a study of college athletics, and there are few men so thoroughly conversant with the subject....Mr. Camp's ideas of how each man should play his position, be he end-rusher, tackle, guard, center, quarterback, halfback, or back, shows features of play by which even some college players can be benefited. There are also chapters on signals, on training, and one primarily for spectators. The closing chapters are devoted to the benefit of those who have never played the game, and short explanations are given of the divisions and duties of the players and of the technical phraseology of the game." -New York Tribune

"The honor of being named on Walter Camp's all-American football team is one that every college athlete in the country secretly covets. For the distinction comes to but a handful of picked men, carefully selected for outstanding qualifications by that famous athletic coach." -The Christian Student

"This book, while not a digest of rules, is intended for the guidance of football teams, and has the additional object of furthering the popularity of the game. The duties of each player are dwelt upon in separate chapters, with various suggestions that appear to be valuable. A chapter for the spectator supplies the general reader with various useful definitions for terms which are perplexing. To such a person the book is a real study, but he may come to the end with a fairly good knowledge of the game, and afterward be an intelligent spectator. For the enthusiastic football player, the book would have many attractions." -The Post-Graduate and Wooster Quarterly

CONTENTS.

English and American Rugby

End Rusher

The Tackle

The Guard

The Centre, or Snap-back

The Quarter-back

The Half-back and Back

Signals

Training

A Chapter for Spectators

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system of downs. (Wikipedia)

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1540425983
• ISBN 13: 9781540425980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86