The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Are you getting everything you can out of every football run play in your playbook? Take a look at the detailed anatomy of an offensive play to find out. Football seems pretty simple, right? Move the ball down the field. Score. Block. Tackle. End Zone Celebration or Sack Dance. Not much to it. Yeah, if you're a football coach you know that's not true. There's a lot of work that goes into this. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm breaking down the anatomy of a Football Run Play. What goes into the play every time the ball is snapped? Any good football coach will tell you that it's all about execution. The best play designs and ideas in the world won't matter, if your players can't execute. If you want to see how we put together some pretty good football run plays (and a play action pass), you need to check out my 3 video series on the Power, Counter and Power Pass plays. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/podcast to get instant access, at no cost to you, because this is my gift to you.

The Off Season is the perfect time for your football team to make improvement in leaps and bounds. But you've got to have a plan. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're looking at the 6 areas of Off Season Planning you need to be focused on, including… Academics Recruiting Fundraising Character & Team Building Strength Training Skill Development Football coaches have a lot more to work on during this time than most people thing. You can't leave any stone unturned when it comes to looking for off season improvement. Listen to this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast right now, and get started planning your Off Season Calendar! In this episode, I mentioned JDFB Insider and the Annual Subscription Plan. Annual Subscribers get Unlimited Coach Licenses, because your entire staff needs to be getting better this off season! Click here to check out JDFB Insider

For the first time on The Football Coaching Podcast, we're doing something a little different. I'm breaking down the 2004 Utah Offense playbook. Urban Meyer was in his second year at Utah, running this Spread Option attack. Even though it's the standard of college football today, this was an innovative and unique offense in 2004. When I'm looking at this playbook with you, all I'll talk about is what I would want to steal. For my own players. You will not hear any talk about the athletes at Utah, or even Urban Meyer himself (except a few shots at Florida, because I couldn't resist). It's about what football coaches can learn from an old playbook. You'll hear about the program philosophy as presented in the playbook. We'll talk run game including those Spread Option plays - like that shovel option everyone's so excited about today. Then I'll look at the passing game that Utah was using in 2004. And why it was so effective. This is a great playbook to examine for coaches. Even though it seems complex watching the offense on TV, the truth is that the Utes kept it simple. There are just a few schemes for players to learn. In reviewing a Utah game from 2004, I saw that they really stay true to the simplicity in the playbook, too. You don't need a lot of plays to be extremely successful! Links Download the 2004 Utah Offense Playbook Get Instant Access to my Pistol Power Offense video series at no charge. I'll detail the Power blocking scheme that is the foundation of Utah's Shovel Option, along with a Counter and Power Pass (Utah uses the Power and the Power Pass, but there wasn't a Counter in the playbook).

Defensive play calling might seem simple. Pick a front, maybe throw in a blitz, choose a coverage. But it's not. Defensive football in general isn't nearly as simple as some would make it out to be. Sure, at the heart of the matter you just find the football and get the guy to the ground. But if that was all it took, we'd all be geniuses. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're looking at how to call you defensive fronts to effectively stop the offense. More than play calling, we're talking about how to game plan the fronts you want to use. I'll even give you a 6-Step Process for choosing your defensive fronts when you game plan for an opponent. This is a great to figure out how to put your players in position to succeed! Doesn't matter what your base defense is, either. No matter what defense you run, this podcast will help you game plan your fronts to shut down the run. Check it out! And if you want to go even deeper in learning defensive fronts, start your JDFB Insider subscription right now! You'll get access to 4 Complete Defensive Systems instantly. Click here to get started right now.

It's just 3 yards. How hard can it be? 2 Point Conversion Plays seem like easy points. But they won't be unless your team is prepared. If you have a good field goal kicker, the 2 Point Conversion may be something you only use when you need it. For other coaches, it's an absolute necessity. There's a lot to think about when you put together your 2 Point Package. How many plays do you need? Do the come from your regular offense? Or will you use special plays? In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're going to go into preparing a 2 Point Conversion package. From basic philosophy behind 2 point plays, to specific plays that you can use in your offense right now. At some point, you'll have a football game that will come down to the 2 Point Conversion Play. Listen to this episode now to get the jump on your preparation for that moment! In this episode, I mention the Power Pass and other parts of our Pistol Power Offense System. Visit http://pistolpoweroffense.com to find out how you can get Instant Access to this complete Offensive System right now!

The 3-4 Defense is one of the most popular schemes being used in High School, College and the NFL today. Unfortunately, just saying that you 'run a 3-4 Defense' won't tell anyone else a whole lot. Sure, you use 3 down linemen and 4 linebackers. But they can be arranged in a huge variety of ways. And flexibility is one of the strengths of the 3-4 Defense. Within JDFB Insiders, I teach The 3-4 Defense System as my own preferred brand of the scheme. It's not too complicated, and grew from our 4-2-5 Defense playbook. Find another coach running the 3-4 Defense. It's likely that his version will look different. You might 2-gap the defensive linemen. Or base out of a different coverage. Or you might not call it a 3-4 Defense at all. Maybe you call this a 5-2 Defense. They're the same. Check out https://joedanielfootball.com/80 for my entire rant on how there's only 4 defensive schemes in football. Plenty of people have argued with me, no one has convinced me I'm wrong yet. For this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're talking all about The 3-4 Defense. Advantages, disadvantages, and how we teach the scheme inside of JDFB Insiders. You can get Instant Access to my Complete 3-4 Defense System right now for just $1! Plus you'll get access to 4 other complete football coaching systems inside of JDFB Insider. Visit https://joedanielfootball.com/tryit to start your 14 Day Trial for just $1 right now! Available only during the month of October!

Playing Center is not the most glamorous position. It's the opposite. In the NFL, the Left Tackle gets all the glory on the Offensive Line. Probably the only position to consistently get recognized up front. Sure, there's a few Centers who become well known. They usually have a high command of the offense and play for many years. And they're snapping the ball to some of the top Quarterbacks in football. In High School Football, the Center will rarely get that kind of recognition. His recognition is more likely to come from a bad snap, than from anything positive he contributes to the team. Offensive Line Coaches know the truth. The Center is often the single most important guy in your blocking scheme. Within our Pistol Power Offense System, there's a lot of variation. We don't always line up in Pistol (less than 1% of snaps this season). And Power isn't always the top run play (it's been Zone most of this season). The one consistent factor in our System is that we are as good as the Center. His talent, work ethic, effort and mastery of the offense go a long way. Rarely the most talented blocker. It's more likely the opposite. How you coach your Center is critical to score more points. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll break down just what you need to do to get more production from your center. Want to learn more about The Pistol Power Offense System? You'll get instant access to my exclusive 3 Video Series on the Power Series at no charge, when you sign up at http://pistolpoweroffense.com/podcast. Links Jock Sutherland Snap taught by Ted Seay: https://youtu.be/gtboAyXHl_k Gil Brandt's Greatest NFL Centers of All Time

Things might be going well. They may not be. For whatever reason, you feel like you need to make some changes. Big one's. It's time for the playoff push. Or you're just trying to salvage the season from disaster. So you're thinking about making drastic changes. You want to change you a whole new defensive scheme. Right now. In the middle of the season. In today's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll explain why you should not change your defensive scheme right now! At least… why you shouldn't make any big time, wholesale changes. There's always room for adaptation and improvement. It's absolutely necessary if you want to be successful! If you're running a well designed defensive system, none of this will be a problem. A good coaching system is easy to adapt and adjust. Game to game and year to year. But if you aren't doing that, you may be tempted to make some major changes right now. I'll help you decide what changes to make, and which changes to avoid. And how to get your team's defense back on track for the second half of the season. Don't forget to visit and follow my Twitter Profile Page @footballinfo to vote for next week's poll topic! We'll be talking about Offensive Line, so don't miss it! Want to check out the newly updated JDFB Insiders right now? You can get a 14 Day Free Trial for only $1 for a Limited Time. Sign up at https://joedanielfootball.com/tryit.

In a big runaway win from our Twitter Poll this week, the Veer Option received 35% of the vote! And I'm excited about that. This episode won't cover the entire offense, of course. That's impossible. We'll be focusing on The Split Back Inside Veer play. Two whole episodes of old school (sort of) Option Football in a row! What a treat. All the Spread Offense guys have left us by now. But we're still having fun. In today's episode I'm going to go deep dive on the Inside Veer play. Everything you need to know. We'll talk about how to line up your offensive formation to get in the right places to attack. Then I'm going to talk about the basics of the blocking scheme for the Inside Veer. After that, it's all about the Option mechanics of the backfield. The dive, the keep, and the pitch. I'll close out the episode by talking about some of the counters and play action you can run off the Split Back Inside Veer play. It's everything you need to get started with this Offense, and decide if you want to do more research. Resources If you decide to go further, you'll want to check out these resources (I used these for this podcast)... The 1968 Houston Veer Option playbook Controlling Defense with The Veer Option Offense with J.T. Curtis from Championship Productions. Huge Wyatt's article on The Split Back Veer Offense, The Veer Explained Bruce Eien's resources on the Split Back Veer. How to Install the Complete Option Game from Jerry Campbell. Not Split Back Veer but a good book if you just want to learn some Option.

I love college football. That doesn't mean I'm glued to the TV all day every Saturday. However, I'll usually stop to watch Georgia Tech's Flexbone Option Offense on the field for at least a series or two. Not because I love Georgia Tech, let's make that clear. I'm a lifelong UGA fan. But man, that offense is a thing of beauty. Most people I talk to don't understand it. They think the Flexbone Option Offense is boring to watch. Makes no sense to me. How could anything be more exciting than Option Football!? Oh well. At least there's still a few schools out there doing something to excite us football coaches (and probably infuriate some of their boosters) every Saturday. On this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm going to look back at the foundations and origins of The Flexbone Option Offense. Where did it come from? How did it get to where it is today? Truth be told, there's not a ton of information on this. Paul Johnson doesn't seem like the kind of guy who's interested in writing a book. At least not yet. We'll take it back to the days of the Wishbone Option. And even before that. On up to those 1-AA National Championship teams at Georgia Southern in the 1980s and 1990s. I'll also talk about the basic concepts of the offense and what makes it unique. The Flexbone Option Offense is a lot of fun to watch, and it'll be a lot of fun to talk about on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!