The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

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