The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

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

No matter how good you are, every coach is going to lose some games. But there is a silver lining to every cloud! Every coach wants to win. And there are times when your job will depend on it. But every loss can't be a soul crushing defeat that sends you into the doldrums for a week. In this episode, we're going to break down losing into 3 categories of losses. Then we'll look at how you can best deal with each type of loss. You'll find out how to get the most out of each loss, so that your team moves forward instead of bogging down and falling behind.

Give the same look to the Quarterback every snap using Roll Cover 3 coverage. Here's how to do it. The simplest way to disguise your coverage is to give the same look on every snap. One way to accomplish that is to align your safeties and corners across the field in a straight line - then adjust before (or after) the snap. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll go in detail on installing a Roll Cover 3 system into your defense. This is based off of our 4-3 Defense System packages, but can be incorporated to any defensive package with a few adjustments. Show Links My free video series on the 4-3 Defense System at http://the43defense.com/podcast A great resource for putting together your defensive philosophy is Fritz Shurmur's Coaching Team Defense at https://amzn.to/2MWSnZu (using that link gives me a little kickback - after all, I got to write the foreword in it!)

Get the most out of your passing game drill progression by having a plan. Here's how to have success in the air, faster. Want to get the most out of your passing game? You've got to have a plan for your passing drills. There's a lot more to it than just working the QB's throwing motion, too. A lot more, in fact. And a lot more than playing 7 on 7. In this episode, I'll outline how to plan your passing game drill progression to work your most important route concepts to perfection. Show Links 10 Keys to Coaching Quarterbacks from S04E06 of the podcast: https://joedanielfootball.com/2019quarterback/ Wide Receiver Drills for Better Route Running from S02E08 on the podcast: https://joedanielfootball.com/2018widereceiverdrills/ YouTube video on coaching better route running from your receivers: https://joedanielfootball.com/receiver-routes/ YouTube video on the relationship between Quarterback footwork and Receiver footwork in route timing: https://joedanielfootball.com/timing-wide-receiver-routes-quarterback-footwork/

Coaching Quarterbacks doesn't have to be complicated. This is The Non-Guru Guide to Coaching QBs! This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast looks at how to coach quarterbacks when you're not a Quarterback Guru. It turns out you don't need a PhD to get the job done. First, you'll find out the 3 critical skills your signal caller needs to have when you're deciding who should play the position. Then we'll break down 10 Keys to Coaching Quarterbacks. You can download the 10 Keys in PDF format in the download box at the beginning of this page. Show Links My article on the Characteristics of a Great Quarterback from several years ago Coaching Quarterbacks to Read Coverages from Season 2 of The Football Coaching Podcast Get the foundations of the Pistol Power Offense System with my 3 video series on Coaching the Power, Counter and Power Pass.

We're breaking down the Run and Shoot Offense. Here's what I've learned in a very, very short period of time. It may be football's greatest mystery. The most complex offensive play design out there. For myself, it's the single offensive system I knew absolutely nothing about. Time to change that! This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is a look at the Run and Shoot Offense. I'll look at a few base passing plays and see what we can learn from this offensive system. The Run and Shoot Offense is fascinating. I don't know of any other system that has achieved such high levels of success without spreading like wildfire through the High School and College coaching ranks. Maybe we'll be able to figure out why! Show Links Jason Hahnstadt's new video series on Demystifying the Run and Shoot Offense is the play to start! Click here to get 25% OFF the video series Lots of videos from Mouse Davis that were uploaded by Ron Mckie on YouTube, plus that June Jones short explanation of a Run and Shoot concept: Run and Shoot Playlist

We're diving into the backlog of the Football Coach Mailbag. Time to play catch-up! Today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is getting us caught up on your questions from the football coach mailbag. We're hitting all kinds of topics you've been asking about in this special episode! In This Episode… Should Defensive Ends be in a 2 point or 3 point stance? How to improve player academics during the off-season Scout Team Wrist Bands from CoachDrive.com Advantages of 4-2-5 Defense over the 33 Stack (and visa versa) What to do when you're good on defense, but bad on offense Show Links Scout Team System from CoachDrive.com Foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense System video series at http://425defense.com/podcast Coach Fore's The Shield Punt manual: https://eightlaces.org/product/shield-punt-book/

Every football coaches needs his own coaching philosophy. Mine is short… Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. You hear it on every podcast: Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. But what does that really mean? This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is all about explaining my own personal coaching philosophy. Because a lot of coaches get it wrong. They think I'm a 4-2-5 Defense guy, or a power run game guy. None of that is true. My entire coaching philosophy is summed up with 5 words. Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. And you hear it on every podcast. Now, let's go in depth on what that really means.

The 3-4 Defense System can shut down your opponents next season with a simple approach to creating complexity. The 3-4 Defense has become increasingly popular because of the flexibility to defend everything from downhill rushing attacks to elaborate Spread Option and RPO offenses. In today's episode we're going to look and the 3-4 Defense System that is a part of JDFB Insider. The 3-4 Defense System gives you a simple approach to defense. But with an added complexity and flexibility you can use as needed. We'll talk about the base front, stunts, and blitz package that are taught inside the system. You can also download alignments to standard formations in PDF format above.

There's a lot of moving parts to being a Head Football Coach. Here are some of the critical lessons I learned this season. 2018 was my first season as a Head Football Coach. Overall the year was successful, but there was a lot of learning. I'll share some of the lessons learned that weren't in the manual when I started on the job. You can download my 12 Lessons Learned as a Head Football Coach PDF document above. These lessons have nothing to do with X's and O's. If you don't have your X's and O's nailed down, or have a plan for it - you probably shouldn't be in charge yet.

Use these 6 methods to learn to coach football, faster. The key is knowing where to focus your effort. How can you learn to be a better football coach this off-season? There's more opportunity available than ever, but you've got to look in the right places and have a focused goal. I'll share 6 resources you can use to learn to coach football, whether you're just starting out or continuing your lifelong coaching education. And the 3 keys that you must follow to get a coaching education that's actually going to help your team win games.

How can you make the right halftime adjustments to win the big game? Here's how to plan for success with the 4-2-5 Defense. You had a great game plan. It should work. Maybe it's even working for you… to a point. But at halftime, you need to make a few tweaks to get to the finish line. Halftime adjustments in your 4-2-5 Defense (or any defense, for that matter) can be made for a number of reasons. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll break down the 5 reasons you should make an adjustment, and share some of those potential adjustments for your 4-2-5 Defense System with you.

It's raining. It's pouring. Hold onto the football so you can keep scoring! Don't let a driving, pouring rain cost you a football game. Or footballs. Because footballs are expensive. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll go into detail about how to prepare for a rain game. I'll give you the 11 items your program needs to have to get ready (put these on your off-season shopping list!). Then we'll talk about in-game management. Keeping the balls, and your players, dry all night. And how you can still hit the perimeter without tossing the football. Finally, I'll share how we played a game in a driving rain, and got all of the footballs back to game-ready. The entire process (good and bad) is shared on this podcast!

You played them once. Now you've got to do it again! Here's how to prepare your Offensive Game Plan. You beat them once. Or maybe you lost to them. But this is your second game against the same opponent! Last season, we faced this conundrum twice. We played our week 9 opponent in the first round of the playoffs, and our week 10 opponent in the 2nd round. It's tough to prepare for the changes you'll see! In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll focus on preparing an Offensive Game Plan to face a team you've already played one time this season. Need a different result? Need the same result again? Doesn't matter. This episode will get you prepared to win!

You don't have to be an Offensive Line guru to coach great Pass Protection. You just need the first two steps. The biggest difference maker in the success of your offense, and maybe your football team, is how good your Offensive Line plays. For most offenses, that includes great Pass Protection. Today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast focuses on Offensive Line footwork for blocking defenders in drop back passing. And it's really independent of what pass protection scheme you decide to use. Learn the most important rules of pass protection. Then find out how to coach the first two steps that will win your Offensive Line most pass protection battles!

Is your Goal Line Defense ready to make the critical, game winning stop? Probably not. Your opponent drove the ball the length of the field. They're inside your 5 yard line. It's time to make the big stop. Defensive Coordinators need to take a big step forward right now - and accept that getting the stop is not very likely. After all, you couldn't stop them up til now. But if you CAN make that big stop? What a momentum changer! So your Goal Line Defense needs to be ready to show up. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll install a basic goal line package for the 4-2-5 Defense that gives your guys a shot to be heroes (even when they probably shouldn't be).

How can you have better practice planning in significantly less time? Here's how to plan efficient and effective practices. We've all been through those long practices that seem to drag on forever. It's not productive, no matter how long you spend out on the field. What if you could get twice as much accomplished, in just a fraction of the time on the field? Higher energy practices. Consistent effort from your players. And then get home to your family earlier? It can be done. But you've got to commit to a more efficient practice plan. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll share with you how to get the job done! Also, check out the interview I had with Justin Dottavio where he talked about how he keeps his practices to 90 minutes.

Does your team sputter in your Goal Line Offense? Here's how to turn your base offense into a Short Yardage Machine. You drive the length of the field. But when it really counts, your goal line offense has a tough time punching the ball across the finish line. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is all about turning your offense into a high powered short yardage machine. Find out how you can create a powerful goal line offense and still keep it simple for your players.

Scheme doesn't matter if you don't have great tackling technique. We're taking a deep dive into teaching safe and effective tackling for your football team! Player safety is the single most important aspect of coaching football today. But it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice effective blocking and tackling. We started using the Hawk Tackle method before it was even a thing (though we had no idea what we were doing). It has been a huge benefit for football coaches all over the country by increasing player safety while also improving tackling efficiency. I'll go over technique and drills for teaching all aspects of tackling technique in this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!

Coach Safety Reads that tell your force and alley players if it's a run or a pass. And never have to change those reads again. With the defensive philosophy that I subscribe to, the 'umbrella' is critical to the success of the defense. That means your Safety reads must be fast and accurate. You can't have a lot of confusion or hesitation. And you can't give up long passes on play action because of a bad read. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll look at 4 different methods of coaching safety reads. Then I'll go in depth on the one that I've found to work the best for our guys.

Brent Dearmon talks about installing RPOs into your offense and how he's turning around Bethel University with an explosive offensive style. Coach Brent Dearmon has a pretty impressive resume including most recently working as Offensive Coordinator at Arkansas Tech. Now he's turning around his alma mater at Bethel University in Tennessee. In this Football Coaching Podcast interview, Coach Dearmon shares how you can install RPOs into your offense, and how to call plays to attack any coverage. Plus he'll talk about the turnaround process at Bethel, and about his time working for Gus Malzahn at Auburn. Coach Dearmon and CoachTube.com generously provided a special deal for Football Coaching Podcast Listeners to get $10 OFF Identifying & Attacking Coverages with the RPO. Coach Dearmon teaches everything you need to know to incorporate RPOs into your offense right now. Click here to get this exclusive deal.

The Outside Zone Play is one of the best plays in football, no matter what level you coach. Here's the deep dive details on how to run it precision for big gains on the ground. The Outside Zone Play is one of the best offensive plays in football. In the NFL, it may be the most frequently called run in the entire league. But you don't care about the NFL. You care about your football team, and how the Outside Zone Play can help you. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast for the complete, in depth look at how to run the Outside Zone Play against all 6 defensive fronts - and absolutely anything else you might see. Plus we'll break down a few variations to get even more mileage out of the outside zone blocking scheme.