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    Tackling Football: A Woman's Guide to Understanding the College Game
    Tackling Football: A Woman's Guide to Understanding the College Game
    Tackling Football: A Woman's Guide to Understanding the College Game
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    Tackling Football: A Woman's Guide to Understanding the College Game

    By Sandra L Caron & J Michael Hodgson

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    Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College Game provides women with the basics for understanding a college football game – how it is played, including the various playing positions, and basic offensive and defensive strategies. It includes a close-up look at what happens before, during, and after the game, as well as how to listen to a play-by-play. It is written in a “user-friendly” format and is drawn from our combined years of experience with college football as spectator, player and coach. We feel that few things in sports compare to the excitement of a weekend college football game – from socializing with friends at the pregame tailgating parties to the energy of the crowd cheering their team’s touchdown over a rival. We want others to have that experience and share in our love and appreciation for the game.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSandra L Caron & J Michael Hodgson
    Release dateJul 10, 2011
    ISBN9780983795827
    Tackling Football: A Woman's Guide to Understanding the College Game
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    Sandra L Caron & J Michael Hodgson

    Sandra L. Caron is a Professor of Family Relations and Human Sexuality at the University of Maine. She has been both professionally and personally involved in college athletics. She is a graduate of the University of Maine and Syracuse University. She has served as a member of the University of Maine Athletic Advisory Board for more than a decade, coordinator of the Faculty Liaison Program for the Athletic Department, and director of Athletes for Sexual Responsibility, a nationally recognized peer education program that trains student-athletes to educate others on sexuality issues. Personally, she has been an avid, but average, college football fan for more than three decades. J. Michael Hodgson has more than 30 years of experience with college football, including his role as a player and a football coach for several colleges. He played football for the University of Maine where he was a three-year starter at tight end and also handled place kicking duties. He began his coaching career there, working with tight ends, the offensive line, and running backs before moving to Princeton University as wide receivers coach and the passing game coordinator. He went on to become head coach for Maine Maritime Academy. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks/wide receivers coach at Central Connecticut State University, and then served as quarterbacks and receivers coach at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. Most recently, he was offensive coordinator and running backs/tight ends coach for Dartmouth College.

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      Tackling Football - Sandra L Caron & J Michael Hodgson

      Tackling Football:

      A Woman’s Guide To Understanding The College Game

      Sandra L. Caron & J. Michael Hodgson

      Copyright © 2011 by Sandra L. Caron & J. Michael Hodgson

      ISBN-13 9780983795827

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      Table of Contents

      Section I: Introduction

      Section II: Before the Season Begins

      Section III: Before the game

      Section IV: The Game

      Section V: After the Game

      Section VI: Listening to the Game

      About the Authors

      SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

      1. Why we did this book

      As we celebrate nearly 40 years since the passage of Title IX, we recognize that women’s participation and interest in sports has increased. Women are not only fans, but also players, cheerleaders, trainers, reporters, sports information directors, and coaches, and on occasion, officials, commentators, and athletic directors. There is no question that women have become more knowledgeable and involved in sports.

      Looking specifically at football, one of America’s most popular sports, we see many women among the millions of people who crowd stadiums or watch games on television. Yet our experience shows that most women football fans (and some men football fans, for that matter) are not well-versed enough in the intricacies of football. Most are avid spectators, but not knowledgeable, avid football spectators.

      Certainly there are some women who understand all the ins and outs of the game. For example, with the popularity of college football and its exposure on television – including the play-by-play, color commentary, analysis and in-depth interviews – it would be almost impossible not to learn something from the broadcast. Yet many more women do not have a basic understanding of the game. This is not due to a lack of interest. In fact, many college women are enthusiastic about the game and want to learn more, but there are few resources available.

      Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College Game provides women with the basics for understanding a college football game – how it is played, including the various playing positions, and basic offensive and defensive strategies. It includes a close-up look at what happens before, during, and after the game, as well as how to listen to a play-by-play. It is written in a user-friendly format and is drawn

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