Touchdown: The Power and Precision of Football's Perfect Play
TOUCHDOWN THE POWER AND PRECISION OF FOOTBALL'S PERFECT PLAY MARK STEWART AND MIKE KENNEDY M Millbrook Press Minneapolis
INTRODUCTION ne of the most thrilling plays in sports is the touchdown Few moments combine such power and emotion Scoring a touchdown is a reason for wild celebration Allowing a touchdown is a terrible feeling Whenever a player reaches the end zone it is usually the result of a great individual effort and tremendous teamwork Hour after hour football teams practice ways to score touchdowns At the same time they work just as hard I learning how to stop touchdowns A look inside a football playbook can tell you a lot about touchdowns On every play everyone on the field has a job to do If everything goes exactly as planned the player with the ball has a chance to score This is when football s superstars get their chance to shine Where did the touchdown come from How many different ways can a team score a touchdown Which players specialized in scoring touchdowns Who holds the most amazing touchdown records Who will break those records in the future This book not only answers these questions it looks at the touchdown in interesting ways you may never have considered Jerry Rice celebrates one of the 197 scoring catches he made during his career Two arms raised to the sky is the official signal for a
