The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Coaching advice for new coaches and the value of seeking advice and being humble. Building depth and instilling belief in a smaller football program. The importance of thinking outside the box in coaching. Maintaining work-life balance and prioritizing family time. The challenges and value of coaching. The best coaching advice for new coaches.

It's the Battle of the Titans… football edition. This time, we're putting two of the most used offenses against each other. Whether you're looking to throw it around in the Spread Offense, or wanting to be more balanced in the Pro Style offense, this episode is for you. On this episode, Joe and Daniel discuss the benefits and weaknesses of the Spread Offense and the key reasons you should or shouldn't run each one.

Exploring football coaching strategies, play calling evolution, and defensive formations like 4-2-5 vs 3-4. Discussion on simplifying play calls, vulnerabilities in defensive fronts, and strategic considerations for selecting a defensive system. Also, a quirky conversation about nighttime walks, podcast lengths, and football coaching resources.

Each Season we take a break from talking football for a week and just discuss something else in our lives. This season we landed on video games. On this episode, Joe and Daniel discuss games that make them feel nostalgic, what their favorite game from the past are, and what games they're playing right now.

The Sprint Out Game can be very useful to every team for a multitude of reasons. Maybe you're already using it some, and maybe you've never known the difference in Sprint Out, Roll Out, and Bootleg. On this episode Joe and Daniel discuss the Sprint Out game, what it can do for you and your team, and how you can integrate it into a full offensive playbook that you already have.

The interior blitz may be every new DC's original go-to call. But, they are very likely misusing them. Interior blitzes are a great addition to any playbook, and can range from the most simple to excessively complex. On this episode Joe and Daniel discuss Interior Blitzes, their benefits and weaknesses, and when you should (or shouldn't) be using them on Friday nights.

Football is a game of evolution, adaptation, and sometimes… cycles. Option football seems to fit into each of those descriptions, and has since the fall of 1964 when Coach Bill Yeoman told his Offensive Tackle "You can't block him anyway, so just get out of the way," and the defensive end was so confused that he ran up the field and out of the play… and the Split Back Veer Triple Option play fell into Coach Yeoman's lap. Since, we have seen offenses adapt and evolve into spread teams that want to throw the ball all over the place, but they always seem to find themselves looking for "options" regardless if they're pass or run based. On this episode, Joe and Daniel discuss Option Football, what it is, how it can help you be successful, and how to incorporate it into your current offense.

Quarter Coverage, or Match Quarter, is widely believed to be one of the best pass stopping coverages. In a world full of Cover 1, 2, and 3 "beaters", pattern matching helps players match up to any passing concept thrown at them. But, "if it was easy, everyone would be doing," it has never been a more fitting phrase. In this episode Joe and Daniel discuss pattern matching in Quarters Coverage, the pro's and con's of the scheme, and when you'll know if your players and staff are truly ready for the challenge.

The Double Edge Blitz, or the laziest call in Joe's terminology, can help you when you're in a pickle or when the offense just has your number for a series. But, there are better and worse places to call it. On this episode Joe and Daniel discuss the Double Edge Blitz, what they are fundamentally, the benefits they bring to your system, and coaching points to ensure your players know it and execute it to perfection.

Most of the time, when you're thinking about passing concepts, you're thinking about 5-step drop passing concepts. Do you love smash? Four verts? Double slant? Odds are, you're running these out of a 5-step drop for your QB. On this episode Joe and Daniel are joined by Head Coach Dylan Terry to do discuss what the 5-step drop game is, what advantages it brings to your offensive arsenal, and ways to gameplan your next opponent to ensure you're putting the correct plays on your call sheet Friday night.