The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

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

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.