The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

How can you make the right halftime adjustments to win the big game? Here's how to plan for success with the 4-2-5 Defense. You had a great game plan. It should work. Maybe it's even working for you… to a point. But at halftime, you need to make a few tweaks to get to the finish line. Halftime adjustments in your 4-2-5 Defense (or any defense, for that matter) can be made for a number of reasons. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll break down the 5 reasons you should make an adjustment, and share some of those potential adjustments for your 4-2-5 Defense System with you.

It's raining. It's pouring. Hold onto the football so you can keep scoring! Don't let a driving, pouring rain cost you a football game. Or footballs. Because footballs are expensive. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll go into detail about how to prepare for a rain game. I'll give you the 11 items your program needs to have to get ready (put these on your off-season shopping list!). Then we'll talk about in-game management. Keeping the balls, and your players, dry all night. And how you can still hit the perimeter without tossing the football. Finally, I'll share how we played a game in a driving rain, and got all of the footballs back to game-ready. The entire process (good and bad) is shared on this podcast!

You played them once. Now you've got to do it again! Here's how to prepare your Offensive Game Plan. You beat them once. Or maybe you lost to them. But this is your second game against the same opponent! Last season, we faced this conundrum twice. We played our week 9 opponent in the first round of the playoffs, and our week 10 opponent in the 2nd round. It's tough to prepare for the changes you'll see! In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll focus on preparing an Offensive Game Plan to face a team you've already played one time this season. Need a different result? Need the same result again? Doesn't matter. This episode will get you prepared to win!

You don't have to be an Offensive Line guru to coach great Pass Protection. You just need the first two steps. The biggest difference maker in the success of your offense, and maybe your football team, is how good your Offensive Line plays. For most offenses, that includes great Pass Protection. Today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast focuses on Offensive Line footwork for blocking defenders in drop back passing. And it's really independent of what pass protection scheme you decide to use. Learn the most important rules of pass protection. Then find out how to coach the first two steps that will win your Offensive Line most pass protection battles!

Is your Goal Line Defense ready to make the critical, game winning stop? Probably not. Your opponent drove the ball the length of the field. They're inside your 5 yard line. It's time to make the big stop. Defensive Coordinators need to take a big step forward right now - and accept that getting the stop is not very likely. After all, you couldn't stop them up til now. But if you CAN make that big stop? What a momentum changer! So your Goal Line Defense needs to be ready to show up. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll install a basic goal line package for the 4-2-5 Defense that gives your guys a shot to be heroes (even when they probably shouldn't be).

How can you have better practice planning in significantly less time? Here's how to plan efficient and effective practices. We've all been through those long practices that seem to drag on forever. It's not productive, no matter how long you spend out on the field. What if you could get twice as much accomplished, in just a fraction of the time on the field? Higher energy practices. Consistent effort from your players. And then get home to your family earlier? It can be done. But you've got to commit to a more efficient practice plan. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll share with you how to get the job done! Also, check out the interview I had with Justin Dottavio where he talked about how he keeps his practices to 90 minutes.

Does your team sputter in your Goal Line Offense? Here's how to turn your base offense into a Short Yardage Machine. You drive the length of the field. But when it really counts, your goal line offense has a tough time punching the ball across the finish line. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is all about turning your offense into a high powered short yardage machine. Find out how you can create a powerful goal line offense and still keep it simple for your players.

Scheme doesn't matter if you don't have great tackling technique. We're taking a deep dive into teaching safe and effective tackling for your football team! Player safety is the single most important aspect of coaching football today. But it doesn't mean you have to sacrifice effective blocking and tackling. We started using the Hawk Tackle method before it was even a thing (though we had no idea what we were doing). It has been a huge benefit for football coaches all over the country by increasing player safety while also improving tackling efficiency. I'll go over technique and drills for teaching all aspects of tackling technique in this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!

Coach Safety Reads that tell your force and alley players if it's a run or a pass. And never have to change those reads again. With the defensive philosophy that I subscribe to, the 'umbrella' is critical to the success of the defense. That means your Safety reads must be fast and accurate. You can't have a lot of confusion or hesitation. And you can't give up long passes on play action because of a bad read. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll look at 4 different methods of coaching safety reads. Then I'll go in depth on the one that I've found to work the best for our guys.

Brent Dearmon talks about installing RPOs into your offense and how he's turning around Bethel University with an explosive offensive style. Coach Brent Dearmon has a pretty impressive resume including most recently working as Offensive Coordinator at Arkansas Tech. Now he's turning around his alma mater at Bethel University in Tennessee. In this Football Coaching Podcast interview, Coach Dearmon shares how you can install RPOs into your offense, and how to call plays to attack any coverage. Plus he'll talk about the turnaround process at Bethel, and about his time working for Gus Malzahn at Auburn. Coach Dearmon and CoachTube.com generously provided a special deal for Football Coaching Podcast Listeners to get $10 OFF Identifying & Attacking Coverages with the RPO. Coach Dearmon teaches everything you need to know to incorporate RPOs into your offense right now. Click here to get this exclusive deal.