Coaching Football's 4-4 Split Defense

This book, co-authored by my former high school footbal coach, Pete Noble was well written. It thoroughly explains the Split 4-4 Defense and how to coach it. From a master of prep football it covers every angle and breaks the Split 4-4 Defense down with overall philosophy, position-by-position coaching techniques, scouting and game day preperation. If you're considering incorporating the Split 4-4 defense into your prep program, college program or just trying to better understand it this book is for you. The soft cover and size let me pack it along on a trip while I was reading it. Shipping was fast and it showed up at my doorstep in excellent shape.

Hard hitting, full impact reading between a coach's head and heart. This book has been everywhere with me - even the sidelines. Concise and direct; it's a down and dirty guide that will allow any Defensive Coordinator to install this set up quickly. I've used the suggestions from this book to take my team to the next level.

As a young coach I am always looking into increasing my football IQ. The book is written in a user friendly manner and gives you all the information you need to implement this defense. Good coaching points for each position on the field complete with read keys, alignments and various shifts based on formation and motion. Very good resource.

The clarity of expression found in Coach Noble's book is rare in any work much less one on football. He avoids too much inside jargon and gets right to the straight scoop. Even if you are not a proponent of this defensive scheme, the book is a must read. The elegant simplicity of the defense is complemented by the concise expression of the ideas behind the scheme.

Great tool for defensive drills, breaks down the positions and what must be accomplished at each position to have a winning defense. The book gives you a great start for implementing your own defensive gameplan.