The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Every football coaches needs his own coaching philosophy. Mine is short… Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. You hear it on every podcast: Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. But what does that really mean? This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast is all about explaining my own personal coaching philosophy. Because a lot of coaches get it wrong. They think I'm a 4-2-5 Defense guy, or a power run game guy. None of that is true. My entire coaching philosophy is summed up with 5 words. Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win. And you hear it on every podcast. Now, let's go in depth on what that really means.

The 3-4 Defense System can shut down your opponents next season with a simple approach to creating complexity. The 3-4 Defense has become increasingly popular because of the flexibility to defend everything from downhill rushing attacks to elaborate Spread Option and RPO offenses. In today's episode we're going to look and the 3-4 Defense System that is a part of JDFB Insider. The 3-4 Defense System gives you a simple approach to defense. But with an added complexity and flexibility you can use as needed. We'll talk about the base front, stunts, and blitz package that are taught inside the system. You can also download alignments to standard formations in PDF format above.

There's a lot of moving parts to being a Head Football Coach. Here are some of the critical lessons I learned this season. 2018 was my first season as a Head Football Coach. Overall the year was successful, but there was a lot of learning. I'll share some of the lessons learned that weren't in the manual when I started on the job. You can download my 12 Lessons Learned as a Head Football Coach PDF document above. These lessons have nothing to do with X's and O's. If you don't have your X's and O's nailed down, or have a plan for it - you probably shouldn't be in charge yet.

Use these 6 methods to learn to coach football, faster. The key is knowing where to focus your effort. How can you learn to be a better football coach this off-season? There's more opportunity available than ever, but you've got to look in the right places and have a focused goal. I'll share 6 resources you can use to learn to coach football, whether you're just starting out or continuing your lifelong coaching education. And the 3 keys that you must follow to get a coaching education that's actually going to help your team win games.

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.