The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

If you can't block 'em, read 'em. That's what the Option Gurus like to say… but how do we read 'em!? Listen to find out! I love Option Football. Any style. Flexbone Option, Split back Veer, Zone Read Option, or today's most advanced Run Pass Option plays. At the end of the day, it's all option reads. This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast focuses on coaching option reads for your Quarterback. How do you read the Dive Key? How do you attack the Pitch Key? Check out this week's Football Coaching Podcast to find out!

The Miami 4-3 Defense is one of the most successful defenses of the last 30 years. Let's break down the 1996 Miami Hurricanes 4-3 Defense Playbook. The Miami 4-3 Defense is one of my favorite defensive schemes out there. In the previous episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we talked about the foundations. In this episode, I'll dive into the 1996 Miami Hurricanes 4-3 Defense playbook. This very detailed playbook gives a look at how the defense was evolving throughout the 1990's at the college level. https://www.footballxos.com/download/miami-hurricanes-4-3-defense-1996-bill-miller/

How did the Miami 4-3 Defense come to be one of the most popular defenses in football today? Here's the background. When Jimmy Johnson installed his 4-3 Defense at the University of Miami, he built a great defense. It continues to expand and adapt with the evolution of offensive football, year after year. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll look back at the origins of the 4-3 Defense, before Miami. The Even 4-3 Defense and Tom Landry's Flex 4-3 Defense get examined. Then we'll break down the basic philosophy and foundations of the Miami 4-3 Defense that I teach today in our 4-3 Defense System. You can get my Free 3 Video Series right now to learn how to teach and install the Miami 4-3 Defense. Visit http://the43defense.com/podcast to get instant access! Show Links 4-3 Defense for Football is one of my first YouTube videos from several years ago, on the basics of the Miami 4-3 Defense Coaching Football's 4-3 Defense by Tim Simons and Mike Freeman, book from Amazon Is There Any Way to Explain Football's Most Confusing, Convoluted, Intellectually Taxing, Perhaps-No-Longer-So-Great Defense? From D Magazine The Landry Flex 43 and the Even 43 from Cowboys Nation The 43 Flex, from Tom Landry to Rob Ryan from Code and Football Coaching Football's Double Eagle Flex Defense by Ted Amorosi, book from Amazon (I love the 4-3 Defense, I doubt you'll ever see this many links in the show notes again!)

Run or Pass? What should you call? Here's how to decide. When you're putting together your playbook, you've got a good idea of what you like to do. You're either a running team, or a passing offense. But how do you know what to call during the game? Should you try for balance, or take what the defense gives you? In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we'll talk about when to call a run vs pass and why should make that decision!

Increase your completion percentages and get better pass protection by coaching your Quarterback to read coverages. In the Pistol Power Offense System we have a great passing system that can attack any defense. And it's simple. But it will really accelerate once your Quarterback is able to start reading coverages. This doesn't have to be a super complicated graduate level class on reading coverages. There's only a pieces he needs to be aware of before the snap. 4 to be exact. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to get your quarterback started on reading coverages. Don't forget download the PDF document above for the visuals from this episode.

Georgia Military College's 3-5-3 Defense is the foundation many teams have based their entire playbook around... We're breaking down Georgia Military College's 2008 Defensive Playbook. You can get the playbook from Coach Hoover's 3-5 Defense page. This is one of the best defensive playbooks we've looked at on the podcast. The description is fantastic, and useful for any defensive coach (not just 3-5-3 Defense guys!). We'll look at the GMC Playbook for the fronts, blitz packages, defensive line play, and an in depth look at the coverages. You're going to want to download this manual too, so click that link above to get it from Coach Hoover's website!

Tired of watching a great defense series fall apart on a poor job defending a screen pass? Here's how to get your 33 Stack Defense ready to stop the Screen Pass. Screen passes are great calls for offensive coordinators. When your 33 Stack Defense is really bringing the pressure and getting fired up, a screen pass can cool them down in a hurry. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast I'll share 6 steps for preparing your 33 Stack Defense to defend the screen. Plus, I'll share two drills you can use in practice to get your defense ready. You can also download those drill PDFs in the box above here.

How can you slow down a hard charging Defensive Line's pass rush? What's the right call on 3rd and a mile? Turn to your Screen Game. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/2018screengame to get the PDF download that goes along with this episode. I love calling the screen game in our offense. There are so many situations where it's the right thing to do. A conservative play call when you can't afford to lose yardage. A potential big gainer when you need a play. And an incomparable tool to help your Offensive Line's pass protection. In this episode, we're breaking down the anatomy of the Screen Game for your offense. No matter what style of offense you run, screen plays should be a vital part of your offense!

If you run a passing game based on timing, wide receiver routes have to be perfect. Here's the progression of Wide Receiver drills to make it happen. Coaches love drills. But are those drills actually accomplishing anything? The progression of Wide Receiver Drills I'm sharing in today's Football Coaching Podcast is how you can get your receivers to run the best possible routes to get open on time for your Quarterback. You can't neglect the importance of your receivers being in the right place, in the right time, and being open. It helps them get the ball, but it helps the rest of your team too. Quarterbacks have confidence to deliver the ball. You reduce the amount of time Offensive Linemen need to protect. And of course, throwing the ball will help open up your run game. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast for Wide Receiver Drills that will get your receivers open when you need them there! The routes I discuss in this podcast are all major parts of our Pistol Power Offense System. You can get all the details at http://pistolpoweroffense.com.

The Coaching Tree out of the Kentucky Air Raid System is well known. Let's take a look at the playbook that started it all. Hal Mumme's 1997 Kentucky football team brought the new Air Raid Offense to the SEC. They were throwing the ball all over the place. The Air Raid System uses a unique philosophy of distributing the ball to your athletes in space using the passing attack. It might seem complex. When you get into the inner workings this is an extremely well designed offensive system built on a few core plays. I'll break down what you can find in the 1997 Kentucky Offensive Playbook. There's some great nuggets of information in here, even if you're not an Air Raid guy!