The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

From the early days of the Pistol Power Offense System, let's take a deep dive into the run game of the 1986 Washington Redskins Playbook. The Pistol Power Offense System has a lot of roots with the Washington Redskins playbooks from the 1980s. Today we're taking a look at one of those playbooks. Be warned… this playbook was a mess. There's no way any Redskins player ever received the playbook in this format. But we powered through! Look at Inside Zone, Outside Zone, and a couple of very interesting variations of 3rd & Medium or 3rd & Long plays from this 1986 Washington Redskins Playbook. You can also download the playbook above here.

Shut down the run with your 4-4 Defense. Or whatever you want to call it... Time to shut down the run. Get serious. You don't defend spread teams every week! Better be ready to play it tough! This week, we're talking about running that powerhouse 4-4 Defense against all of the most popular offensive run schemes in football today. Okay, time for true confessions. This is how we teach defending the run in the 4-2-5 Defense System, and you can sign up at the top of this article to get instant access to a free video series on it. The 4-4 Defense, 4-2-5 Defense and 6-2 Defense are all essentially the same.

Wasting your entire weekend watching film, trying to find the secret for your Defensive Game Plan? Here's how to stop. You can spend hours and hours watching Hudl, hoping to find some little secret nugget that makes you a genius on your defensive game plan. Truth is, you're wasting a lot of time. Learn how to watch film efficiently and take care of the things that matter in your life. Listen to today's episode for efficient defensive game planning, and then download the free Offensive Film Study Sheet above!

What pass protection scheme is best for keeping your Quarterback safe? Take a look at the Half-Slide Pass Protection scheme. In the Pistol Power Offense System, we use Half-Slide Pass Protection as our drop back protection scheme. If you want a scheme that works great and adapts to any front, this is the place to start. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to get the basics of Half-Slide Pass Protection. Could this be the solution to your Quarterback protection problems?

Think your Offensive Line isn't good enough? Make their job easier using these critical Offensive Line Run Blocking tips. There's a few myths in coaching offensive line run blocking that we need to break through. Then we can start to build a better run game. In this episode, we'll talk about why you don't need your Offensive Linemen to sustain blocks longer. Or drive their man down the field. And how you can make your less talented Offensive Line look like a group of All Pro's with a few minor adjustments.

What's the simplest, most effective coverage you can teach? Let's take a look at coaching Cover 3 Coverage in the 4-2-5 Defense. Coaches love to over-complicate things. In a lot of situations, the less complicated answer would be the better one. That's often the case with coverage packages. Aside from trying to run every coverage, many coaches are running a coverage that is much more complicated than necessary. If you're in a league, conference or level where the teams you need to beat are run heavy offenses, Cover 3 coverage might be perfect for you. I'm going to break down how to teach Cover 3 coverage for the 4-2-5 Defense, but the teachings are very similar no matter what defensive front you choose. Show Links Coaching Cover 3 Coverage in the 4-2-5 Defense on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sYTcU5zsaE4 The Up Front Offensive Line System by Dave Christensen: https://joedanielfootball.com/upfront Check out all of the coaches on The Football Coaching Podcast Network

What are the critical keys to great Offensive Line Play? Arizona State Offensive Line Coach Dave Christensen has your answers. https://joedanielfootball.com/upfront Dave Christensen has been coaching football for 36 years. Mostly working with the Offensive Line. And I had a great time talking OL play with him on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. Listen to this episode to hear Coach Christensen talk about what it takes to have a great Offensive Line, the most important drills for your Linemen, and what a typical practice plan looks like for his D1 Offensive Line practices. Coach Christensen has also created an awesome course called the Up Front Offensive Line System. CoachTube has set up an exclusive deal for Football Coaching Podcast listeners to save 50% Off the Up Front Offensive Line System for a limited time only! Click https://joedanielfootball.com/upfront to get instant access to this incredible coaching system.

Every offensive playbook needs a foundation. The Power Series is that foundation for the Pistol Power Offense System. [create optin box for the Pistol Power Offense PLC content] It's nice to do a podcast where you don't need any notes. You've talked about something so many times that it just flows. That's the Power Series for me. It's the foundation of our offense, and has been for a number of years. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll go in depth on the details for executing the Power, Counter, Power Pass and Counter Pass in the Pistol Power Offense System.

Tired of watching a great defensive series fall apart on a poor job defending a screen pass? Here's how to get your 33 Stack Defense ready to stop the Screen Pass. Download the Huskies '92 Defense Playbook Here The 1992 Washington Huskies 4-4 Defense Playbook is the subject a deep dive look on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. And it's an interesting look. We'll investigate the similarities and differences between the Huskies 4-4 Defense and the more modern 4-2-5 Defenses today. Is there really a difference in the core structure? Listen to The Football Coaching Podcast to find out!

Does your Defense need to tighten up? The 4-2-5 Defense can be a simple a system to let your players play fast. You need a defense that can easily adapt to any offensive attack. If you're changing everything from week to week, you'll be in trouble when your players get confused. The 4-2-5 Defense System has been built around the Joe Daniel Football motto of Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we look at the philosophy and principles that build the foundations of the 4-2-5 Defense.

There's a lot to be done this season! This is a guide to planning your football year. Running a top notch program doesn't just happen. It requires a lot of planning to have a great football year. In this week's Football Coaching Podcast, I'll walk you through planning the entire year. Fundraising, parents, building the culture, and planning scheme install is all discussed here. Everything you need to think about to have a great season!

What are your favorite football video games of all time? Here's a look at the games we used to play. There is no great football coaching insight in today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. I'll be back with more of that, next episode. Today is just about doing something fun. A little different. A walk down memory lane with the football video games I grew up with.

What are your favorite football video games of all time? Here's a look at the games we used to play. There is no great football coaching insight in today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. I'll be back with more of that, next episode. Today is just about doing something fun. A little different. A walk down memory lane with the football video games I grew up with.

What's the Secret to Defending RPOs with the 4-3 Defense? It's not really a secret. Season 2 of The Football Coaching Podcast wraps up with defending RPOs with the 4-3 Defense and Quarters Coverage. We're using the defense as drawn up in The 4-3 Defense System that is part of JDFB Insiders. Quarters Coverage offers some special flexibility that you might not have in other coverages and with other packages. The true nature of the 7 man front and 2 high safeties might be your best answer for defending RPOs. Listen to this week's episode and find out why The 4-3 Defense is my favorite defense for defending RPOs! (...on paper) Show Links Learn the foundations of the 4-3 defense with my free 3-video series A lot of the RPOs we run are detailed in the episode on Coaching RPOs in Your Current Playbook

You don't have to create an entire RPO Playbook. It's easy to incorporate RPO's into the offensive system you're running right now. Run-Pass Options (RPOs) are the hot topic for offensive football coaches across the country over the last few seasons. The schemes have made their way down from the College level down to the High School ranks in a hurry. Many coaches have been abandoning what they've always done in favor of more modern, "exciting" offensive schemes. The purpose of this episode is to show that you do not need to do that. You can use your existing offensive playbook and add RPOs into the mix, without sacrificing all you've done in the past.

How do you Coach Simple so your players can Play Fast? Triggers are the answer to your problem. Triggers are a stimulus, or event, that happens on the field that tell your player to initiate a response, or reaction. For every action on the field, there is a reaction by your player. (but this is not physics and we do not want the response to be equal!) In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll be looking at triggers for every offensive and defensive position. Plus, how you can use triggers to simplify your teaching and get your players to react faster. Show Links Jerry Campbell has an excellent collection of manuals at https://www.jcfb.com/ Video on setting up the timing of your Run Plays: https://youtu.be/CnEXaE2GXMA Curl Pass Concept including Trigger Reads: https://youtu.be/4LzPFyQ8clc Ron McKie's The Pin and Pull RPO eBook gives an in-depth look at using triggers to coach a single play that will always be the right call. Rex Ryan's Coaching the 46 Defense book has an excellent chapter on Defensive Line triggers. The Pistol Power Offense System teaches our Triggers for the passing game and the run game: http://pistolpoweroffense.com

Coaching 4-3 Defense Quarters Coverage gives you great pass coverage. Plus you get 9 defenders against the run! I love coaching 4-3 Defense Quarters Coverage. It's incredibly effective if you know how to teach and adjust the package. And if you have the right guys. There's a ton of advantages, but there are also a few difficulties you need to be aware of. We'll discuss all of that on this week's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. We teach this complete 4-3 Defense Quarters Coverage package in The 4-3 Defense System included as part of JDFB Insiders. But there are some important updates in this episode, too! Show Links There's only 4 types of defense! The infamous Episode 80 strikes again. Get my 3 video series on the 4-3 Defense exclusively at http://the43defense.com/podcast The 4-3 Defense System is part of a JDFB Insider subscription. Shap Boyd's excellent Quarters Coverage Made Simple video. If you're interested in Press Quarters, the Michigan State Cover 4 video is great.

Clemson's Spread Offense uses a Hurry Up, No Huddle approach. Don't be fooled, there's nothing fancy here.. The 2013 Clemson Offense playbook is available from Chris Brown's SmartFootball.com through the link below. It's a great look at the simplicity of many modern Hurry Up, No Huddle offenses. The Clemson Offense was already introducing RPOs at that time, and showing the development of some of the more run-pass options we see today. It's an interesting look at the Spread Offense during a time of critical development. In this episode we'll be focused on the Day 1 Spring Install for the Clemson Offense in 2013. Show Links Download the playbook from SmartFootball.com The foundation of the offense is very similar to the Pistol Power Offense System Get my free 3 video series on the Power Series

It may be the hot new thing in football, but coaching RPOs is here to stay. Check out this simple primer for adding Run-Pass Options to your Offensive System. Thinking about coaching RPOs in your offensive system? There's a few things to consider first. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is a basic introduction to using Run Pass Options, no matter what offensive system you currently run. If you can add this new phase to your offensive attack, you could really open up the scoring next season!

If you can't block 'em, read 'em. That's what the Option Gurus like to say… but how do we read 'em!? Listen to find out! I love Option Football. Any style. Flexbone Option, Split back Veer, Zone Read Option, or today's most advanced Run Pass Option plays. At the end of the day, it's all option reads. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast focuses on coaching option reads for your Quarterback. How do you read the Dive Key? How do you attack the Pitch Key? Check out this week's Football Coaching Podcast to find out!

The Miami 4-3 Defense is one of the most successful defenses of the last 30 years. Let's break down the 1996 Miami Hurricanes 4-3 Defense Playbook. The Miami 4-3 Defense is one of my favorite defensive schemes out there. In the previous episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we talked about the foundations. In this episode, I'll dive into the 1996 Miami Hurricanes 4-3 Defense playbook. This very detailed playbook gives a look at how the defense was evolving throughout the 1990's at the college level. https://www.footballxos.com/download/miami-hurricanes-4-3-defense-1996-bill-miller/

How did the Miami 4-3 Defense come to be one of the most popular defenses in football today? Here's the background. When Jimmy Johnson installed his 4-3 Defense at the University of Miami, he built a great defense. It continues to expand and adapt with the evolution of offensive football, year after year. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll look back at the origins of the 4-3 Defense, before Miami. The Even 4-3 Defense and Tom Landry's Flex 4-3 Defense get examined. Then we'll break down the basic philosophy and foundations of the Miami 4-3 Defense that I teach today in our 4-3 Defense System. You can get my Free 3 Video Series right now to learn how to teach and install the Miami 4-3 Defense. Visit http://the43defense.com/podcast to get instant access! Show Links 4-3 Defense for Football is one of my first YouTube videos from several years ago, on the basics of the Miami 4-3 Defense Coaching Football's 4-3 Defense by Tim Simons and Mike Freeman, book from Amazon Is There Any Way to Explain Football's Most Confusing, Convoluted, Intellectually Taxing, Perhaps-No-Longer-So-Great Defense? From D Magazine The Landry Flex 43 and the Even 43 from Cowboys Nation The 43 Flex, from Tom Landry to Rob Ryan from Code and Football Coaching Football's Double Eagle Flex Defense by Ted Amorosi, book from Amazon (I love the 4-3 Defense, I doubt you'll ever see this many links in the show notes again!)

Run or Pass? What should you call? Here's how to decide. When you're putting together your playbook, you've got a good idea of what you like to do. You're either a running team, or a passing offense. But how do you know what to call during the game? Should you try for balance, or take what the defense gives you? In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll talk about when to call a run vs pass and why should make that decision!

Increase your completion percentages and get better pass protection by coaching your Quarterback to read coverages. In the Pistol Power Offense System we have a great passing system that can attack any defense. And it's simple. But it will really accelerate once your Quarterback is able to start reading coverages. This doesn't have to be a super complicated graduate level class on reading coverages. There's only a pieces he needs to be aware of before the snap. 4 to be exact. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to get your quarterback started on reading coverages. Don't forget download the PDF document above for the visuals from this episode.

Georgia Military College's 3-5-3 Defense is the foundation many teams have based their entire playbook around... We're breaking down Georgia Military College's 2008 Defensive Playbook. You can get the playbook from Coach Hoover's 3-5 Defense page. This is one of the best defensive playbooks we've looked at on the podcast. The description is fantastic, and useful for any defensive coach (not just 3-5-3 Defense guys!). We'll look at the GMC Playbook for the fronts, blitz packages, defensive line play, and an in depth look at the coverages. You're going to want to download this manual too, so click that link above to get it from Coach Hoover's website!

Tired of watching a great defense series fall apart on a poor job defending a screen pass? Here's how to get your 33 Stack Defense ready to stop the Screen Pass. Screen passes are great calls for offensive coordinators. When your 33 Stack Defense is really bringing the pressure and getting fired up, a screen pass can cool them down in a hurry. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast I'll share 6 steps for preparing your 33 Stack Defense to defend the screen. Plus, I'll share two drills you can use in practice to get your defense ready. You can also download those drill PDFs in the box above here.

How can you slow down a hard charging Defensive Line's pass rush? What's the right call on 3rd and a mile? Turn to your Screen Game. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/2018screengame to get the PDF download that goes along with this episode. I love calling the screen game in our offense. There are so many situations where it's the right thing to do. A conservative play call when you can't afford to lose yardage. A potential big gainer when you need a play. And an incomparable tool to help your Offensive Line's pass protection. In this episode, we're breaking down the anatomy of the Screen Game for your offense. No matter what style of offense you run, screen plays should be a vital part of your offense!

If you run a passing game based on timing, wide receiver routes have to be perfect. Here's the progression of Wide Receiver drills to make it happen. Coaches love drills. But are those drills actually accomplishing anything? The progression of Wide Receiver Drills I'm sharing in today's Football Coaching Podcast is how you can get your receivers to run the best possible routes to get open on time for your Quarterback. You can't neglect the importance of your receivers being in the right place, in the right time, and being open. It helps them get the ball, but it helps the rest of your team too. Quarterbacks have confidence to deliver the ball. You reduce the amount of time Offensive Linemen need to protect. And of course, throwing the ball will help open up your run game. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast for Wide Receiver Drills that will get your receivers open when you need them there! The routes I discuss in this podcast are all major parts of our Pistol Power Offense System. You can get all the details at http://pistolpoweroffense.com.

The Coaching Tree out of the Kentucky Air Raid System is well known. Let's take a look at the playbook that started it all. Hal Mumme's 1997 Kentucky football team brought the new Air Raid Offense to the SEC. They were throwing the ball all over the place. The Air Raid System uses a unique philosophy of distributing the ball to your athletes in space using the passing attack. It might seem complex. When you get into the inner workings this is an extremely well designed offensive system built on a few core plays. I'll break down what you can find in the 1997 Kentucky Offensive Playbook. There's some great nuggets of information in here, even if you're not an Air Raid guy!

I love playing Cover 1. With our 4-2-5 Defense System, it's my favorite coverage to run. But not everyone is comfortable. In this episode, I'll talk about why you should think about Cover 1 coverage and why you should be even more comfortable than you would be with a lot of zone coverages. We'll look at elements to consider when your athletes are not 'man cover' guys, and how to adjust for it, too. All in this week's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!

This is a special interview with Rick Stewart on his Read & React 4-2-5 Defense.

What's the best plan for attacking Man Coverage? Here's how to beat Cover 1, Cover 0 and 2-Man Coverage with your passing game. Nothing fancy. I'm not going all 'Air Raid' on you just yet. This week's Football Coaching Podcast is about attacking man coverage with sound principles that can work in any offense. There's nothing more frustrating than getting a loaded box, blitzing linebackers, and not having a way to make the defense pay for it. But all that pressure can really cause chaos for your offense. To get the balance back and return to your running game, you have to be able to throw simple concepts against man coverage. And you must be able to protect the Quarterback. The concepts discussed in this episode are all part of the Pistol Power Offense System. You can get access to the System by becoming a JDFB Insider client right now!

Coach Flawless Linebacker Blitz Technique to Get All the Reward of Aggressive Play Calling, with Less Risk. Too many coaches use blitzes as a way to just 'make something happen.' That something could mean either your band, or their band, is going to play. And the outcome might be 50-50 at best. Defensive Coordinators can minimize risk in two ways. One is obvious. Study the other team, and call your blitzes with intent and purpose to stop specific actions by the offense. The other way to minimize risk, is coaching linebacker blitz technique. Coaching techniques that are going to give your blitzing linebacker the chance to make a play. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're going to look at 7 keys to Coaching Linebacker Blitz Technique. Each individual phase of the blitz game is an opportunity to improve your defense.

In the 2000's, the West Virginia 3-3 Defense was one of several Odd Stack fronts turning heads across the nation. Along with Georgia Military College's 3-5-3 Defense, these two variations became the most popular for High School Football teams to emulate. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm breaking down the West Virginia 3-3 Defense playbook from 2002. We'll look at the philosophy behind the defense, base fronts, alignment, adjustments, blitzes and coverages in this 192 page playbook (download available at the top of this page). Looking for more ideas to expand your Odd Stack defense or add the front in as a change-up? The breakdown of the West Virginia 3-3 Defense in this episode, along with my previous episode on Coaching the 33 Stack Defense, will get you going.

I started running the 33 Stack Defense in 2006. At the time, it was just gaining in popularity. Many coaches criticized the defense because "you can't stop the run." But the defense gained a foothold. Coaches liked the aggressiveness and the idea of a defense built for smaller players. More speed on the field. Unfortunately, a lot of myths sprung up around the defense in that era, too. High School Football coaches have done a better job learning the intricacies and executing the defense in recent years. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll talk about the basics of the 33 Stack Defense. We'll also look at those myths and how you can use the 33 Stack Defense for your football team today.

Your football team will have more success, and you will be a happier coach, when you give an identity to your offensive play calling. Everyone has that team on the schedule. You know exactly what they are going to do on offense. You just can't stop it. It's a great situation to be in. One that seems so simple and obvious. But so many High School football coaches are putting way too much time into coming up with the next great thing. Instead, work to establish your offensive play calling identity. Listen to this podcast, and download the document above, to get the steps to establishing your own offensive play calling identity.

Hopefully I won't forget these Football Coaching Lessons again before next season... For the final Football Coaching Podcast of 2017, I wanted to talk about the football coaching lessons I learned this year. I sat down and started hammering out a list. It's a good list. Learned a lot this year. Unfortunately, several of the things on this list are football coaching lessons I have learned many times before. And just seem to forget them. So for you, and for me, this year's list is not only on The Football Coaching Podcast, but you can also download my 10 Football Coaching Lessons Learned in the box above. I'll be pinning it up on the wall somewhere, and hopefully looking at it. Before I make the same mistakes again.

Do you need your 4-2-5 Defense to dominate? Take a deeper look at one that has already done it. We're going deep into the pages of the 1999 TCU 4-2-5 Defense Playbook. This playbook was used when Gary Patterson was still the Defensive Coordinator for the Horned Frogs. It's a great playbook to look at for any football coach. But 4-2-5 Defense coaches should be intimately familiar with it. I'll point out what you should take from it, and what you should probably leave alone. And a few things that I'd like to steal, but haven't done it yet!

Your defense must be ready to stop any RPO the offense can run at you. Getting your defense ready to defend Run-Pass Options isn't as hard as other coaches will make it sound. At least, the X's and O's side of things isn't so hard. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll give you a plan for shutting down RPO's with your 4-2-5 Defense. Just by running your base scheme. Plus, I'm going to share the 5 Keys to Defending RPO's that every defense must follow. If you can take care of these pieces, your defense will be ready to shut down any RPO.

Are you getting everything you can out of every football run play in your playbook? Take a look at the detailed anatomy of an offensive play to find out. Football seems pretty simple, right? Move the ball down the field. Score. Block. Tackle. End Zone Celebration or Sack Dance. Not much to it. Yeah, if you're a football coach you know that's not true. There's a lot of work that goes into this. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm breaking down the anatomy of a Football Run Play. What goes into the play every time the ball is snapped? Any good football coach will tell you that it's all about execution. The best play designs and ideas in the world won't matter, if your players can't execute. If you want to see how we put together some pretty good football run plays (and a play action pass), you need to check out my 3 video series on the Power, Counter and Power Pass plays. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/podcast to get instant access, at no cost to you, because this is my gift to you.

The Off Season is the perfect time for your football team to make improvement in leaps and bounds. But you've got to have a plan. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're looking at the 6 areas of Off Season Planning you need to be focused on, including… Academics Recruiting Fundraising Character & Team Building Strength Training Skill Development Football coaches have a lot more to work on during this time than most people thing. You can't leave any stone unturned when it comes to looking for off season improvement. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast right now, and get started planning your Off Season Calendar! In this episode, I mentioned JDFB Insider and the Annual Subscription Plan. Annual Subscribers get Unlimited Coach Licenses, because your entire staff needs to be getting better this off season! Click here to check out JDFB Insider

For the first time on The Football Coaching Podcast, we're doing something a little different. I'm breaking down the 2004 Utah Offense playbook. Urban Meyer was in his second year at Utah, running this Spread Option attack. Even though it's the standard of college football today, this was an innovative and unique offense in 2004. When I'm looking at this playbook with you, all I'll talk about is what I would want to steal. For my own players. You will not hear any talk about the athletes at Utah, or even Urban Meyer himself (except a few shots at Florida, because I couldn't resist). It's about what football coaches can learn from an old playbook. You'll hear about the program philosophy as presented in the playbook. We'll talk run game including those Spread Option plays - like that shovel option everyone's so excited about today. Then I'll look at the passing game that Utah was using in 2004. And why it was so effective. This is a great playbook to examine for coaches. Even though it seems complex watching the offense on TV, the truth is that the Utes kept it simple. There are just a few schemes for players to learn. In reviewing a Utah game from 2004, I saw that they really stay true to the simplicity in the playbook, too. You don't need a lot of plays to be extremely successful! Links Download the 2004 Utah Offense Playbook Get Instant Access to my Pistol Power Offense video series at no charge. I'll detail the Power blocking scheme that is the foundation of Utah's Shovel Option, along with a Counter and Power Pass (Utah uses the Power and the Power Pass, but there wasn't a Counter in the playbook).

Defensive play calling might seem simple. Pick a front, maybe throw in a blitz, choose a coverage. But it's not. Defensive football in general isn't nearly as simple as some would make it out to be. Sure, at the heart of the matter you just find the football and get the guy to the ground. But if that was all it took, we'd all be geniuses. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're looking at how to call you defensive fronts to effectively stop the offense. More than play calling, we're talking about how to game plan the fronts you want to use. I'll even give you a 6-Step Process for choosing your defensive fronts when you game plan for an opponent. This is a great to figure out how to put your players in position to succeed! Doesn't matter what your base defense is, either. No matter what defense you run, this podcast will help you game plan your fronts to shut down the run. Check it out! And if you want to go even deeper in learning defensive fronts, start your JDFB Insider subscription right now! You'll get access to 4 Complete Defensive Systems instantly. Click here to get started right now.

It's just 3 yards. How hard can it be? 2 Point Conversion Plays seem like easy points. But they won't be unless your team is prepared. If you have a good field goal kicker, the 2 Point Conversion may be something you only use when you need it. For other coaches, it's an absolute necessity. There's a lot to think about when you put together your 2 Point Package. How many plays do you need? Do the come from your regular offense? Or will you use special plays? In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're going to go into preparing a 2 Point Conversion package. From basic philosophy behind 2 point plays, to specific plays that you can use in your offense right now. At some point, you'll have a football game that will come down to the 2 Point Conversion Play. Listen to this episode now to get the jump on your preparation for that moment! In this episode, I mention the Power Pass and other parts of our Pistol Power Offense System. Visit http://pistolpoweroffense.com to find out how you can get Instant Access to this complete Offensive System right now!

The 3-4 Defense is one of the most popular schemes being used in High School, College and the NFL today. Unfortunately, just saying that you 'run a 3-4 Defense' won't tell anyone else a whole lot. Sure, you use 3 down linemen and 4 linebackers. But they can be arranged in a huge variety of ways. And flexibility is one of the strengths of the 3-4 Defense. Within JDFB Insiders, I teach The 3-4 Defense System as my own preferred brand of the scheme. It's not too complicated, and grew from our 4-2-5 Defense playbook. Find another coach running the 3-4 Defense. It's likely that his version will look different. You might 2-gap the defensive linemen. Or base out of a different coverage. Or you might not call it a 3-4 Defense at all. Maybe you call this a 5-2 Defense. They're the same. Check out https://joedanielfootball.com/80 for my entire rant on how there's only 4 defensive schemes in football. Plenty of people have argued with me, no one has convinced me I'm wrong yet. For this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're talking all about The 3-4 Defense. Advantages, disadvantages, and how we teach the scheme inside of JDFB Insiders. You can get Instant Access to my Complete 3-4 Defense System right now for just $1! Plus you'll get access to 4 other complete football coaching systems inside of JDFB Insider. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/tryit to start your 14 Day Trial for just $1 right now! Available only during the month of October!

Playing Center is not the most glamorous position. It's the opposite. In the NFL, the Left Tackle gets all the glory on the Offensive Line. Probably the only position to consistently get recognized up front. Sure, there's a few Centers who become well known. They usually have a high command of the offense and play for many years. And they're snapping the ball to some of the top Quarterbacks in football. In High School Football, the Center will rarely get that kind of recognition. His recognition is more likely to come from a bad snap, than from anything positive he contributes to the team. Offensive Line Coaches know the truth. The Center is often the single most important guy in your blocking scheme. Within our Pistol Power Offense System, there's a lot of variation. We don't always line up in Pistol (less than 1% of snaps this season). And Power isn't always the top run play (it's been Zone most of this season). The one consistent factor in our System is that we are as good as the Center. His talent, work ethic, effort and mastery of the offense go a long way. Rarely the most talented blocker. It's more likely the opposite. How you coach your Center is critical to score more points. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll break down just what you need to do to get more production from your center. Want to learn more about The Pistol Power Offense System? You'll get instant access to my exclusive 3 Video Series on the Power Series at no charge, when you sign up at http://pistolpoweroffense.com/podcast. Links Jock Sutherland Snap taught by Ted Seay: https://youtu.be/gtboAyXHl_k Gil Brandt's Greatest NFL Centers of All Time

Things might be going well. They may not be. For whatever reason, you feel like you need to make some changes. Big one's. It's time for the playoff push. Or you're just trying to salvage the season from disaster. So you're thinking about making drastic changes. You want to change you a whole new defensive scheme. Right now. In the middle of the season. In today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll explain why you should not change your defensive scheme right now! At least… why you shouldn't make any big time, wholesale changes. There's always room for adaptation and improvement. It's absolutely necessary if you want to be successful! If you're running a well designed defensive system, none of this will be a problem. A good coaching system is easy to adapt and adjust. Game to game and year to year. But if you aren't doing that, you may be tempted to make some major changes right now. I'll help you decide what changes to make, and which changes to avoid. And how to get your team's defense back on track for the second half of the season. Don't forget to visit and follow my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic! We'll be talking about Offensive Line, so don't miss it! Want to check out the newly updated JDFB Insiders right now? You can get a 14 Day Free Trial for only $1 for a Limited Time. Sign up at https://joedanielfootball.com/tryit.

In a big runaway win from our Twitter Poll this week, the Veer Option received 35% of the vote! And I'm excited about that. This episode won't cover the entire offense, of course. That's impossible. We'll be focusing on The Split Back Inside Veer play. Two whole episodes of old school (sort of) Option Football in a row! What a treat. All the Spread Offense guys have left us by now. But we're still having fun. In today's episode I'm going to go deep dive on the Inside Veer play. Everything you need to know. We'll talk about how to line up your offensive formation to get in the right places to attack. Then I'm going to talk about the basics of the blocking scheme for the Inside Veer. After that, it's all about the Option mechanics of the backfield. The dive, the keep, and the pitch. I'll close out the episode by talking about some of the counters and play action you can run off the Split Back Inside Veer play. It's everything you need to get started with this Offense, and decide if you want to do more research. Resources If you decide to go further, you'll want to check out these resources (I used these for this podcast)... The 1968 Houston Veer Option playbook Controlling Defense with The Veer Option Offense with J.T. Curtis from Championship Productions. Huge Wyatt's article on The Split Back Veer Offense, The Veer Explained Bruce Eien's resources on the Split Back Veer. How to Install the Complete Option Game from Jerry Campbell. Not Split Back Veer but a good book if you just want to learn some Option.

I love college football. That doesn't mean I'm glued to the TV all day every Saturday. However, I'll usually stop to watch Georgia Tech's Flexbone Option Offense on the field for at least a series or two. Not because I love Georgia Tech, let's make that clear. I'm a lifelong UGA fan. But man, that offense is a thing of beauty. Most people I talk to don't understand it. They think the Flexbone Option Offense is boring to watch. Makes no sense to me. How could anything be more exciting than Option Football!? Oh well. At least there's still a few schools out there doing something to excite us football coaches (and probably infuriate some of their boosters) every Saturday. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm going to look back at the foundations and origins of The Flexbone Option Offense. Where did it come from? How did it get to where it is today? Truth be told, there's not a ton of information on this. Paul Johnson doesn't seem like the kind of guy who's interested in writing a book. At least not yet. We'll take it back to the days of the Wishbone Option. And even before that. On up to those 1-AA National Championship teams at Georgia Southern in the 1980s and 1990s. I'll also talk about the basic concepts of the offense and what makes it unique. The Flexbone Option Offense is a lot of fun to watch, and it'll be a lot of fun to talk about on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!

The mark of a great coach is the ability to adjust during the game. It's not easy, and it takes a lot of experience. Adjusting your football run defense is no difference. Unfortunately, a lot of the football run defense adjustments you make won't work, just because the team you're playing is flat-out better than you. Those game winning adjustments will be few and far between, no matter how good you are. But there's a chance. You will win some games in your career because of great adjustments for your football run defense. Football Run Defense Tips in This Episode What to look for during the game to decide on needed adjustments How to build a library of potential adjustments for your football run defense to be ready for anything. We'll look at adjusting for problems with individual players, and for your overall defensive scheme. Preparing your football team for the run defense adjustments that you might use during the game (you always need to think one step ahead in your game planning!) When to make adjustments on your defense, and when you should stick with the plan. How to install a last-minute football run defense adjustment with your players that still allows them to play fast. Links in This Show My interview with Coach James Vint on running the Pistol Option Offense: https://joedanielfootball.com/vint/ Check out The 4-2-5 Defense System to get Instant Access at one low monthly rate with no contract, cancel anytime. Visit http://425defense.com for all the details.