Upside down football : an inside look at long snapping in the NFL / Ted Kluck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kluck, Ted, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special teams (Football).

Physical Description:

xvi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

Author Ted Kluck was a long snapper in the semi-pros and a professional indoor league, so he knows the often thankless job of snapping. To explore the art of long snapping for this book, Kluck enlists NFL snapping super-agent Kevin Gold and former longtime NFL snapper Justin Snow to help him on his journey to perfect his own craft. Along the way he encounters a Cinderella Story (Brian Kinchen), the search for a goat (Trey Junkin), learns from an elite NFL special teams coach (Gary Zauner) and tracks some young prospects as they seek a high-pressure job in the NFL's smallest and most anonymous fraternity. Upside Down Football features in-depth interviews with players, coaches, agents, and scouts, introducing the reader to some of the men who have snapped successfully?and unsuccessfully?at the game's highest level and providing insight into what major college and NFL games are like for these elite athletes. --Publisher.

Contents:

1 Walking on Broken Glass 1

2 Kevin Gold: Agent to the Anonymous 13

3 Rob Davis: A King's Ransom to Play a Kid's Game 21

4 The Cautionary Tale: Trey Junkin and the Danger of Living One Dream Too Many 29

5 The Rubio Zone 35

6 Bryan Pittman: The Security Man 45

7 Trever Kruzel: The Minicamp Body 55

8 Nolan Owen: The Would-Be Rubio 63

9 Perfect Laces: NFL Coach Gary Zauner 69

10 The Private Lesson: Nolan Owen Part 2 79

11 The Rubio Camp 87

12 Transition: Tennessee, Glenn Pakulak, and Jon Akemon 95

13 The Soldier: Nate Boyer 103

14 Silverdome and the Onward March of Time 117

15 Where'd Everyone Go?: The Photographer: Tyler Schmitt 127

16 Mobile and the Nature of Embarrassment 139

17 Bloomington, Illinois: Satisfaction versus Euphoria 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Kluck, Ted, author. Upside down football

ISBN:

9781442257115

1442257113

OCLC:

951506741