The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

How can you simplify the Play Action Pass for your offense and still be effective? All you need to know is in this episode. The Play Action Pass is a critical part of any offensive playbook. You've got base runs, counters, and play action. That creates a simple series based offensive package. You can go overboard in preparing your Play Action Pass game, though. The key is to get the maximum amount of benefit with the minimal amount of teaching. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to find out how we've simplified the Play Action Pass for the Pistol Power Offense System.

What are the Special Teams schemes your football team needs to be running? Here's my favorites. Every football coach knows how important Special Teams are to winning football games. If it's one-third of the game, why don't coaches spend a whole lot more time on it? There's good reason. If you're going to be a Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win type of coach - it needs to carry over to your Special Teams philosophy. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to find out the special teams schemes that have worked best for my teams. And how you can add them to your own football team. Show Links The Shield Punt book by Coach Fore (I'm an idiot - the actual URL is shieldpunt.com). Lew Johnston's Put the "Special" in Special Teams video from Championship Productions. Gaining Possession Using the Onside Kick by Kevin Kelley from Championship Productions.

How do you get the most out of 7 on 7 football this off-season? Don't waste your team's time - follow these tips. I'm not the biggest fan of 7 on 7, and that's no secret. It's not because it's an offensive drill or because there's anything wrong with the concept, either. It's more about how 7 on 7 has evolved in the football landscape over the years. But the truth is, 7 on 7 football can be really valuable for your team. It's a chance to learn the route concepts, learn the coverage concepts, and get better as a football program. You just need to do it the right way. Check out these 10 tips for getting the most from 7 on 7 football this off-season. And remember, it doesn't matter if you're winning with no pads on in June.

Your 4-3 Defense Linebacker Reads are critical to your run stopping defense. Here's how to get the job done. The Miami 4-3 Defense has proved itself time and again to adapt to every change that offenses have thrown at it in the last 30+ years. At the core is a sound, aggressive defense that can play fast. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast looks at the Linebacker Reads for the 4-3 Defense System. We'll talk about the options you have, the thought process I've been through over the last decade in testing different options, and how to coach the most effective Linebacker Reads I've learned for the 4-3 Defense.

Champions are Built in the Weight Room, so check out these tips for better football strength training! It's great to come back from the winter holidays and see your guys again. Ready to get after in the weight room and start building for the next season. But don't waste their time. Check out these 10 football strength training tips to get more out of your weight room this off-season!

Your football team's defensive playbook just didn't get the job done last season. Is it time for a change? I've been spending a lot of time focusing on the reasons you should NOT change your defensive playbook. Way too many coaches jumping from shiny object to shiny object. But there are reasons why you SHOULD make a change. Remember, only a Sith deal in absolutes. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast shares the 8 reasons why you might want to change that defensive playbook for the 2020 season… and hopefully for the last time! Sign up for your Free MaxOne Demo

The Wishbone Offense might not be as popular as it once was. But we can still learn a lot from a 1970s Arkansas Playbook. Download the Arkansas Wishbone Offense Playbook The Miami 4-3 Defense was originally developed to shut down the Wishbone Offense that Barry Switzer was running at Oklahoma in the 1980s. But we're going to go a little further back. Today's playbook breakdown is on the 1970s Arkansas Wishbone Offense. It's a really well laid out playbook from the Lou Holtz era (that's the claim anyway). Plenty to learn from any football coach, whether you run the Option or not! Show Links Download the Arkansas Wishbone Offense Playbook Sign up for your Free MaxOne Demo

Quarters Coverage is the perfect fit for your 4-3 Defense. But you can't let Pattern Matching slow your defense down. Quarters Coverage can mean a lot of things to a lot of different coaches. Cover 4? 2-Read? Palms? Hey who knows… but here's how we do Quarters Coverage as of now, in 2019. A lot has changed over the last 12 years since I started running Quarters Coverage. It's a pattern match coverage that requires you to have some pretty good Safeties. But if you've got the horses, and the time to teach it… this is a great way to coach a winning football defense! Check out the episode for an in-depth look at updating Quarters Coverage for the 2020 Season. Show Links Get the 4-3 Defense Video Series here: http://joedanielfootball.com/43videos Learn the Umbrella Principle, the most important concept I've learned for defense Fritz Shurmur's Coaching Team Defense at https://amzn.to/2Z0DEmf, for which I wrote the foreword. My interview with Shap Boyd, author of Quarters Coverage Made Simple from several years back is at https://joedanielfootball.com/shapboyd/. The original Quarters Coverage Made Simple that I learned the 4-3 Defense Quarters Coverage system from is at https://coacheschoice.com/quarters-coverage-made-simple/ Sign up for your Free MaxOne Demo

Let's get outside the box for leveling up your football team's off-season in a new way. Coach McKie joins us on this episode! Coach McKie from The Talking Football podcast and the Football Coaching Podcast Network joins the show as we run down our Top 5 Ways to Level Up Your Football Program. This is a little more 'out of the box' thinking on ways to make your team better this off-season. You're going to get some tricks that we've used throughout our coaching careers, plus some ideas we've taken from other walks of life to apply to coaching. This is a good one! Show Links Check out Coach McKie's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/rsmckie The best strength training program I've ever used is available at http://joedanielfootball.com/weightroom. For your speed program, Dale Baskett is at godfatherofspeed.com.

Time to plan your 2020 Football Off-Season. And there's a whole lot to plan for if you want to be successful. OK, Mister #nooffseason, here it is. All the things… well, most of the things… you've got to get done during the off-season. There's plenty of work. This episode breaks down your football off-season into coaching development, player development, speed and strength development and on-field development. This is going to be a critical time for your 2020 Football Season.

Get the breakdown on coaching defensive line in the 4-3 Defense. Alignment, Stance, Key Reads and Assignment. The Miami 4-3 Defense is a great system for defenses that have the right athletes. One of the features is the simplicity and aggressiveness in the Defensive Line play. We'll break down the ASKA for coaching defensive line play in this great defensive front. Alignment, Stance, Key Reads and Assignments for your base 4-3 Defensive Line.

Is there a perfect Offensive Playbook for your Football Team? Probably, but it might not be for the reasons you think. Following up on last week's show on choosing the perfect defense, this week we're working on finding the right offensive playbook for your football team. It's a little different. I'll walk you through eight different offensive playbooks that might fit your team. It's not an exhaustive list by any means, but a good enough look for you to get a good idea on how to figure out which one is right for you. At the end of the day, none of these offensive systems are better or worse. Every single one of them can and has won championships. But there's one that's right for you as a coach. Find it, and then STICK TO IT!

What's the best football defense for your team to run? There is no 'right' defense, but there's a right one for you. Wasn't planning to do this show, but it's a good time for it. If your defense wasn't 'lights out' last season, or if you're just moving into coaching or rising to a coordinator position, you're probably looking for that 'right' football defense. I can end your search for the Holy Grail of defense right now. It doesn't exist. But there is definitely a right defense for you to latch onto and become the expert at. This episode is going to help you choose the best football defense for you and your football team. Then help you stick to it. Show Links Check out the Umbrella Principle for the 4-2-5 Defense at http://425defense.com/podcast Download the Defensive Installation Manual above or at https://joedanielfootball.com/dim

Once upon a time, the I-Formation Offense was dominating the High School football world. And it's not dead yet. When I started coaching way back when, we were lining up in the I-Formation Offense. Running the toss sweep, Iso, and trap. And it was a pretty good offense. The I-Formation Offense is not dead in the high school football landscape. In today's episode I'll break down when you should use the formation, how to make it a part of your offense, and we'll put together a basic playbook for the I-Formation. Show Links Free 3-Video Series teaches the Power, Counter and Power Pass Coaching the Trap Play Coaching the Toss Sweep Play in the I-Formation Offense

The Miami 4-3 Defense was the foundation of my understanding of defensive football. And it's still a great System. The Miami 4-3 Defense is where it all started for me. Not the first defense I ever ran, but the first time I really understood how a defense works. How do all the parts fit together? Why do you spill the football? Who's the force player? Why does Coverage have to match the defensive front? Learning the Miami 4-3 Defense put it all together for me. I'm going to share what I've learned about the 4-3 Defense over the course of Season 6 of the Football Coaching Podcast. And how some of my views have changed. Check out this podcast to learn the foundations of the 7 man front in the 4-3 Defense System, plus choosing the right personnel to fill those spots. Show Links Adjusting to the Spread with the 4-3 Defense (since we were in an I Formation all podcast) 1996 Miami Hurricanes 4-3 Defense Playbook breakdown Quarters Coverage in the Miami 4-3 Defense from Season 2 of the FBCP

Nearly every High School Football Team is using Hudl for game film. Are you getting the most out of it? How much has Hudl changed the world of High School Football coaches? If you were around going back to the VHS days, you know that it's been an amazing innovation in our lives. But there's so much more than just exchanging film with your opponents and watching the game. And we're not talking about those additional tools. This episode is all about getting the most out of plain old basic Hudl for Football. Check out the 5 ways you can get more from Hudl and see if your football team is getting the most out of your video software!

It's never a good idea to make huge changes for your football team in the middle of the season. Not if you're a Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win coach. It'll just slow your kids down. But you can make adjustments. You SHOULD make adjustments. But you need to make the right adjustments. This week's Football Coaching Podcast takes a look at the 10 in-season adjustments you can make, that will actually make your football team better. Right now. Each adjustment is ranked according to the return on investment. That ROI is estimated by how much practice time it takes to implement the adjustment compared to how much better it'll make your team. Listen to the show, then download the PDF above and work through the list with your staff!

It's Game Day! Here's the full plan, from the end of school to the opening kick, to get your team ready to win. Coaches are always looking for an edge. Or a solution to a problem (that's what coaches do!). And the problem of starting slow, or starting fast, on football game day can be that edge. We're going to go in depth on the Game Day Itinerary and the reasoning behind each step in today's podcast. It's the Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win approach to getting your players amped up for the opening kickoff! Plus you can download the Game Day Itinerary in PDF Format. Just enter your email address in the box at the top of this post.

Get your 33 Defense Zone Blitz package ready to attack… in the right ways. There's no guessing here. The 33 Stack Defensive System offers so much versatility... but you need to know how to use it. That freedom can be a blessing and a curse. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast will break down 5 different Zone Blitzes from the 33 Stack Defense. Plus how to use them, when to use them… and the extremely important difference between run blitz and zone bltiz. Show Links Coaching the Stacks in the 33 Stack Defense: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019stacks/ Creating Fronts in the 33 Stack Defense: https://joedanielfootball.com/creating-fronts-3-5-3-defense/ Coaching Outside Linebackers and Overhang Safeties: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019safeties/

Perfect Thursday, the last practice plan you run before Game Day. Here's the step by step guide to get your players ready. Perfect Thursday has been a long tradition in football coaching. But every program seems to approach it differently. This is the practice plan for perfect Thursday that has worked best in my experience. Of course, there's a lot of other factors. This practice plan goes hand in hand with the 90 Minute Practice Plan week, which you can download for free above. I'll talk about the step by step process, and all the factors that go into preparing the perfect Thursday practice plan. Show Links The 90 Minute Practice Plan and how to use it: https://joedanielfootball.com/2018practice/ Individual Drills in the 90 Minute Practice Plan: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019individuals/ Group Drills in the 90 Minute Practice Plan: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019group/ Using Pre-Practice in your Practice Plan: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019prepractice/

If your Quarterback fakes can freeze the defense, your offense has the advantage on every snap. Here's how to make it happen. Coach Dan Gonzalez has been working with Quarterbacks and the passing game for a long time. He's a true expert on the subject. So I asked him to get on the phone and talk Quarterback ball handling for this week's Football Coaching Podcast. We go into detail about coaching the hand-off and coaching multiple different Quarterback fakes for your Play Action passing game in any offense. We also touch on zone read ball handling, drills for improving your exchanges in the backfield, and plenty more. Under center, Pistol or Gun alignment. Doesn't matter. It's all here on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast! Show Links Follow Dan Gonzalez on Twitter @dan_gonzalez16 Visit Coach Gonzalez's website at https://gonzalezpassinggame.weebly.com

The 33 Stack Defense is one of my favorites. Fast. Aggressive. Attacking. Simple. The Stacks are a big part of that. The 3-5-3 Defense, Georgia Military style, was the first defense I ever installed on my own. I've loved it ever since. Even when running other fronts as a base, the 3-3-5 Defense (or 5-3, or any combination of letters and numbers you want) has always been available as a change-up in our package. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast breaks down the feature that makes the defense unique. The stacks. It's a great look at the concepts that are central to our 33 Stack Defensive System at Joe Daniel Football, and what you should look out for as a stack defense coach. Check it out! Show Links Get the Free 3 Video Series on the 33 Stack Defense Article on Creating Fronts in the 3-5-3 Defense Video teaching you Run Fits in the 33 Stack Defense From earlier this season on the Football Coaching Podcast, the 11 Mistakes in the Georgia Military College 3-5-3 Defense Podcast breakdown of the 2008 Georgia Military College 3-5-3 Defense Playbook (there's also a link to download the playbook there)

The Unbalanced Single Wing is a great offense. What if we could use the concepts and formation with our existing System? A few years ago I sat down in a Glazier Clinic that Rick Darlington was presenting. Coach Darlington is a Single Wing guru from Florida and an incredibly entertaining speaker. I was just there to learn something I didn't know and be entertained. What I got was a lot more than that. It sparked a few ideas. I realized that the plays being run in the base package (which does NOT involve any 'Spinner' plays) were straight out of our Pistol Power Offense System. Not long after that, I was adapting the Unbalanced Single Wing formation to the Pistol Power Offense System. That became the centerpiece of our very successful short yardage and 2-point conversion package. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm sharing how that System was created with you. Plus you can download the Unbalanced Single Wing in the Pistol Power Offense play sheet up by entering your email up above here. Show Links Get the 3 Video Series on Coaching the Power Series in the Pistol Power Offense at http://pistolpoweroffense.com/podcast Instant Access to the Pistol Power Offense System at http://pistolpoweroffense.com

Pre-Practice periods can be extremely valuable in your football practice plans. But you need to use them right. Pre-practice has been a huge difference maker for practice planning, but it only works when you use it right. That means educating yourself, the rest of the coaching staff and your players on the purpose and execution of the pre-practice periods. This is a great place to get extra work. To steal practice time, without wearing down your players. Non-contact drills, reviewing and reinforcing foundational football skills. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to learn all about how you can use Pre-Practice to make your football team better this season. Show Links Download the 90 Minute Practice Plan Template (above) and listen to the podcast on how to plan your most efficient practices at https://joedanielfootball.com/2018practice/ Check out the podcast on Practice Planning for Critical Situations Last week's podcast on Group Drills for your Practice Plan

Group Football Drills can target a specific area and clean out all of the noise around it. Plus you don't need as many players. This episode was planned for several weeks into the future, but it needed to be moved up. These group football drills can do wonders for a lot more teams than even I knew. Recently I asked coaches to tell me what is biggest problem their team was facing right now. No surprise, but a huge percentage of those responses revolved around needing more players. And wondering how to get a good practice with their small numbers. These group drills can benefit any team. During the podcast I talk about how I've used the drills on a team with over 150 players in the program. But they're also a critical part of coaching in a small school where 11 on 11 team is not always an option. Show Notes Get the 90 Minute Practice Plan template: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019critical/ Getting the Most from Individual Periods Podcast: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019individuals/ Coach Drive and the Game Planner Pro - not available right now!

Time to take a look at a classic Air Coryell Playbook. An offense that brought the passing game to prominence in the NFL. Don Coryell and the San Diego Chargers lit up the NFL in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Air Coryell passing tree is something everyone has heard about in our coaching journey. Taking a step into the past, I'm going to investigate the 1983 San Diego Chargers playbook featuring the Air Coryell passing game. Spoiler alert: passing has come a long way. Visit FootballXOs.com to get the 1983 San Diego Chargers playbook: click here

There's football teams from the past we still love to watch. For many reasons. Here's our Top 5 Teams to Watch from the past. Football coaches all have a little 'football junkie' in us. That desire to watch a game with the DVR remote so we can go back and watch a play again. Or pull games from the past up to watch our favorite offense or defense from the past. Ron Mckie joins me on The Football Coaching Podcast to talk about our Top 5 Favorite Teams to Watch. When we go to YouTube, who's the team to pull up? This was a great episode. We both chose teams for a number of reasons. And we'd love to hear your favorites - just send a message to us on Twitter @footballinfo and @CoachMckieJr with your own personal list!

Here's how to get the most out of your individuals football drills. Maximize your time without sacrificing your team's performance. You've got a limited amount of time to teach all the skills and techniques your football players need. And it starts with your 1 on 1 football drills in the individuals period. Follow these 12 key tips to get the most out of individuals with your football team. You'll maximize the productivity of your coaching to see big time results on game day!

It's the 300th Episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, so Nate Albaugh is back and we're talking Wing-T Belly Series!. The Buck Series is everybody's favorite, but the Belly Series can be deadly for Wing-T Offenses. We're breaking the Belly Series down with a Wing-T Novice and a Wing-T Expert on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. What's the difference between Belly and Down? Why is the Belly Sweep such a great play that I can't find any details about? I found the answers with Nate Albaugh from ChiefPigskin.com in today's episode! And the best part of the episode… long time listeners know that Coach Albaugh was the original Co-Host for The Football Coaching Podcast. Over 7 years later, we're back together for the 300th Episode!

The performance of your Overhang Safeties in your defense is critical to your success. No matter what front you're running, here's how to coach your force defenders. It's one of the most requested topics that I get for The Football Coaching Podcast. Two years ago, we broke down coaching the overhang safeties in Episode 209. Time to do it again… Start off with understanding the critical Umbrella Principle. It's how your players understand run fits and how they fit into your defense. Then we'll step through the Alignment, Stance, Keys and Assignments for your Overhang Safeties and Outside Linebackers. And top it off with the drill package for refining those skills.

When your Running Backs are doing a great job blocking for your team, the offense starts clicking. Here's how to get it done. Running Backs spend a lot of their time working on ball handling and jump cutting. Making moves and maybe even catching a pass or two… but there's one skill they better get good at. Run game or passing, coaching up your running backs blocking technique is going to be critical for the success of your football team. Here's a deep look at the technique of blocking for running backs, with a Coach Simple, Play Fast take on the position. Don't forget to grab the FREE PDF DOWNLOAD at the top of this page to get all the notes from this podcast plus DIAGRAMS showing each of the blocks.

There's successful seasons… and then there's a successful program. Here's how you know your team has 'Made It'. There's good teams on your schedule. They have quality seasons and then some years they drop off. The coaching staff has some turnover, the players have even more. Then you've got the perennial powerhouse. No one is ever going to look past these guys, and only a few are ever going to beat them. But their head coach is the most relaxed cat you've ever met… Here's 10 Signs Your Football Team Has Made It. How many has your football team achieved, and how many are you going to reach in 2019?

You've got your playbook all planned out… but how do you get all this in? Here's how to build your Install Practice Plans. Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. That's what Joe Daniel Football is all about. That means you can get your entire offense or defense installed quickly. So how do you put those practice plans together? You need an Install Plan first. We put that together last month: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019install Now you start from the end, and work back to the beginning. Follow along with this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to create the perfect practice plans for your install. Show Notes Get the Install Schedule template from Season 5, Episode 2 of The Football Coaching Podcast at https://joedanielfootball.com/2019install Download a free Practice Plan Template from our Season 3, Episode 17 episode on Practice Planning at https://joedanielfootball.com/2018practice/

It's a slight technique change for blocking run plays. But it worked. Here's the How and Why on the shift to shoulder blocking. A few years ago, I came to the realization that something had to change in the way we teach blocking run plays on our Offensive Line. We needed to take out the weak link. Those adjustments had huge benefits. We've got to a shoulder blocking style - but not exactly like old Wing-T Offense or Veer Option blocking you might have seen. This isn't revolutionary. But a lot of coaches have asked about the adjustment to our run play blocking. So here it is! Show Notes Coach Lew Johnston's blog at http://coachlewj.com Watch video of shoulder blocking in it's very early stages: https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/evfw55q5by

It's the foundation of one of the most successful offenses in the history of football - the Wing-T Buck Series. Here's how to do it. The Wing-T Offense has always been a fascination for me, and the Buck Series is by far the most used series in that offense. But I needed to bring in an expert for us to break it down. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, Coach Rick Stewart joins me to talk Wing-T Buck Series. We'll go over the finer points of blocking the Buck Sweep, Buck Trap and the Waggle. It's a great show!

You've got a great playbook. How are you going to get it all installed in time for Week 1? It can be daunting when you look at all the great stuff you want to run against your Week 1 opponent, and compare it to the number of days you have to actually get that playbook installed. Today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is exactly what you need. I'll share a plan for a 5 Day Install on Offense and Defense. We've done this install schedule with a team where everyone plays both ways, and practices are only 90 minutes long. You can get it done. Don't forget to download the Playbook Install Template at the top of this page!

Georgia Military College popularized the 3-5-3 Defense for the High School level 15 years ago. What's changed? 15 years ago, Georgia Military College came out with a comprehensive video series on the 3-5-3 Defense. It was all the rage back in 2005, with tons of coaches buying them up. I was one of those coaches. We installed the defense in 2006 and I took over as Defensive Coordinator in 2007. By 2008, we had moved on. This time it was the Miami 4-3 Defense. That changed my coaching life forever. With a little more knowledge and wisdom, it's time to go back and look at the original concepts and videos on the 3-5-3 Defense. What's changed? And why didn't we stick with it? Find out what you need to look for when you switch to the 33 Stack Defense in 2019 (and it IS the same - GMC said so!) when you listen to this week's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast! Show Links The original DVDs are still available at Championship Productions: Basics of the 3-5-3 Defense [that's an affiliate link, but I do not recommend buying that one] My Playbook Breakdown on the 2008 Georgia Military College 3-5-3 Defense, which had many tweaks from the original, Season 02 Episode 11 of The Football Coaching Podcast. The 33 Stack Defense free 3 video series on the JDFB version of this defense.

Ready to create your own Defensive Playbook? Here's the simple 10 Step Process to a putting your dominant defense on paper. Coaches love playbooks. Unfortunately, most of the defensive playbooks you'll download off the internet are going to be completely worthless to your football program. There's a 10 Step Process you need to use to putting together the Defensive Playbook for your football team. Find out what it is and get to work putting your ideas on 'paper' with this week's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast.

It's that old football coach that's spent more time on a football field than you can imagine. Can you teach him some new tricks? There's nothing more valuable on your coaching staff than the guy who has 30+ years of experience coaching football. That old ball coach is a blessing. But sometimes, it can get frustrating. Especially if he's set in his ways and you want to move forward into the 21st Century. This week's episode is kind of fun, kind of weird. 10 Tips for getting that old coach to change his ways. He ain't wrong, he's just different.

There's an art to working with football officials to get the calls going your way. Are you doing it wrong? They can be frustrating. Drive you completely insane. Maybe take a couple years off your life. But you can't let the officials in your football game know that, Coach. You've got to keep your cool. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is a deep dive into how to communicate with the officials during your game. From pre-game to post-game and everything in between. Want to get those critical calls? You need to check out this episode.

Here's all the slant drills you need to get your 3-4 Defensive Line moving and reacting for effective run fits. [3-4 Defense Run Fits PDF] Getting that 3-4 Defensive Line to slant and attack without getting washed or kicked out can be tough. You've got to have a plan, and this is the technique to make that plan work. If you're using a spill & kill philosophy or coaching the umbrella principle to your guys, the 3-4 Defense slant drills in this episode will help your players be the right place to achieve your goals.

Your Quick Game Doesn't Need to Be Complicated to Be Effective. Use These Tags to Light Up The Scoreboard! The Pistol Power Offense System is the most flexible offensive coaching scheme you will ever fine. It's built on the Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win philosophy. Those base concepts aren't enough? No problem. We start with 2 quick concepts and 5 drop back concepts. But that won't limit you when we start talking tags. Today we're looking at 4 tags for each of our Quick Game concepts.

When it's time to make a big play, this 3-4 Defense Zone Blitz Package is there for you. The 3-4 Defense System that I teach in JDFB Insider offers a ton of flexibility, so you'll want to use it. But you need to know how to use it. In this podcast, you find out how to use your 3-4 Defense Zone Blitz Package effectively. How and when to call your Single Edge Pressures, Interior Pressures, and Double Edge Pressures. This is an advanced stage for your 3-4 Defense System, so make sure you review the podcasts on the base fronts and base blitz package below. You can also run all of these 5 man pressures with a Cover 1 coverage, instead of the 3 under / 3 deep Zone Blitz coverage we discuss in the podcast. Show Links Coaching the 3-4 Defense System podcast https://joedanielfootball.com/201834defense/ 3-4 Defense Base Blitz Package podcast https://joedanielfootball.com/2019blitz34/

You've got a new football coach on staff. How can you help him develop faster to make your football team better? As an experienced football coach, you need to do everything you can to help develop those new coaches on staff. The young guys who think they've got it all figured out. Or the guy just stepping in who's head is completely swimming. These 10 tips will give you ideas on how to develop your new football coach to be the best they can be. And that's going to make your football team the strongest it can be this season.

There's a few 'Make or Break' situations you need to consider when practice planning. Here's how to get ready for them. During the course of a football game, there will be a few situations that are very hard to prepare for in your practice plan. They're those situations where the crowd gets loud and emotions run high. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we look at practice planning for a few of the most important situations and plays you'll face during the course of the game. It's those moments that could win or lose the football game for your team. Or cost you the entire season. Show Links Learn all about the Pistol Power Offense System at http://pistolpoweroffense.com Check out a free video series on the Power Series in the Pistol Power Offense System at http://pistolpoweroffense.com/podcast Check out my podcast on Practice Planning to Keep Your Players Fresh to find out more about those 90 minute practice plans: https://joedanielfootball.com/2018practice/

How can you get your players to play aggressive football on Game Day? There's not a magic drill to fix this. https://joedanielfootball.com/membership It might be the biggest frustration I hear from coaches on a consistent basis. "My players just don't play aggressive. They aren't tough. How can we fix it!?" Most coaches are not approaching this question the right way. You've got to address the root of the problem when your players aren't playing aggressive enough. And it's not just throwing your hands up and saying, "Kids these days!" Today's episode is all about the 4 areas you need to address to get 'more aggressive' play from your football team. And exactly what playing aggressive football really means. Show Links The podcast on Practice Planning to Keep Your Players Fresh at https://joedanielfootball.com/2018practice/ which includes downloadable practice plan templates. Randy Jackson's Culture Defeats Strategy book on Amazon [affiliate link]

Go back in time with the Oklahoma 5-2 Defense Playbook from the 1985 National Championship Season. https://www.footballxos.com/download/oklahoma-sooners-5-2-defense-1985-gary-gibbs/ We've been looking at a lot of 3-4 Defense lately. I'm hearing more and more of it. So it makes sense to go back in time and look toward the origins of the 3-4 Defense. That means we get to break down a playbook! I found the perfect one with an aggressive defensive scheme from the 1985 Oklahoma Sooners. This 5-2 Defense has a great look at multiple fronts from the 3-4 Defense (or 5-2 Defense) and a coverage package that will fit right in for today's game. There's some adjustments to be made. But it's great to see how the defense fits perfectly with the Umbrella Principle and mirrors so much of what we do in the 3-4 Defense System.

This is the basic blitz package for the 3-4 Defense as we teach it in the 3-4 Defense System that's a part of JDFB Insider. First we'll talk about the blitz package in the 3-4 Defense System and how the front, stunt, blitz and coverage all have to work together. This is going to be different depending on if you're a 2-gap or 1-gap odd front. Then we'll look at those base blitzes, and why you might want to use them. And most coaches in the 3-4 Defense System want to use them on every down. Finally we'll talk about blitz technique considerations. Disguising blitzes with no show, show it and bluff looks. Blitzing on run downs vs pass downs, and training the eyes of your linebackers to read out of blitzes when necessary. There's no reason to blitz a gap if they're not running there.

You don't need to have pads on when you're teaching tackling to your football team. Find out how to get it done! Teaching tackling to your football team and seeing better results on game day will done more for your football team's winning percentage than anything else you can do. After all, this game is still all about blocking and tackling. There's an entire off-season for your team to improve their tackling. And with rule changes being put in place limiting live contact, you may be teaching tackling with no pads on all season long! In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll share tons of drills you can use to teach tackling to your football players without any contact. And without screaming WRAP UP! Show Links Flat Orange Cones for tackling drills on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SPunZp [affiliate] Four Cone Drill video clip - go to https://joedanielfootball.com/2019tackling/

The Run and Shoot Offense set records in the USFL in 1984. Let's see what we can learn from what they learned in 1985! A few weeks ago I started looking at the Run and Shoot Offense. With the assistance of Jason Hahnstadt's Demistifying the Run and Shoot Offense video series, I came up with a base understanding of the offense. But I wanted to go deeper. Do I think the Run and Shoot Offense is the right direction for a High School Football team to go? Only if you have a background and a guaranteed Quarterback pipeline. Do I think there are elements we can take from the offense? Absolutely. So I dug around through a few Run and Shoot Offense playbooks. Settled on the 1985 Houston Gamblers playbook with… wait what? Kevin Gilbride? No idea. That's who's on the front page. John Jenkins was the Offensive Coordinator after Mouse Davis had moved on to the new Denver Gold. Yes, this is the first time we've ever talked about the USFL in the history of The Football Coaching Podcast. Coincidence, with the AAF coming around this year? Yes. Completely. Anyway, here's the links to the playbook and some other useful links for Run and Shoot Offense enthusiasts… Show Links The 1985 Houston Gamblers playbook, and several other playbooks mentioned in this podcast can be found here (thanks to footballxos.com) Get the Demistifying the Run and Shoot video series at 25% Off, FBCP listener special My earlier podcast as I stumble through learning the Run and Shoot is Season 4, Episode 5 of The Football Coaching Podcast I mentioned our passing concepts in The Pistol Power Offense several times, but you can get a taste of the offense with a free video series on the Power series at http://pistolpoweroffense.com/podcast