The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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