The Total Running Back is a complete technical and strategic guide to playing and coaching one of football’s most demanding positions. It teaches the four pillars of dependable backfield play: running, blocking, catching, and protecting the football. Players learn ball security, vision, footwork, acceleration, contact balance, leverage, cutting, pass protection, route running, catching mechanics, conditioning, recovery, and film study. The book also covers defensive fronts, down-and-distance awareness, short-yardage execution, explosive plays, open-field running, mental toughness, special-teams value, and productive relationships with the offensive line. Coaches receive practical drills, teaching progressions, workload-management principles, and ideas for designing packages around different running-back skill sets. From the first handoff to leadership in the backfield, this manual emphasizes reliability, intelligent preparation, and disciplined execution. It gives athletes and coaches a structured path toward building a durable, trustworthy, and truly complete running back.
The Total Running Back is a complete technical and strategic guide to playing and coaching one of football’s most demanding positions. It teaches the four pillars of dependable backfield play: running, blocking, catching, and protecting the football. Players learn ball security, vision, footwork,...