The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

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!

I love playing Cover 1. With our 4-2-5 Defense System, it's my favorite coverage to run. But not everyone is comfortable. In this episode, I'll talk about why you should think about Cover 1 coverage and why you should be even more comfortable than you would be with a lot of zone coverages. We'll look at elements to consider when your athletes are not 'man cover' guys, and how to adjust for it, too. All in this week's episode of The Football Coaching Podcast!

This is a special interview with Rick Stewart on his Read & React 4-2-5 Defense.

What's the best plan for attacking Man Coverage? Here's how to beat Cover 1, Cover 0 and 2-Man Coverage with your passing game. Nothing fancy. I'm not going all 'Air Raid' on you just yet. This week's Football Coaching Podcast is about attacking man coverage with sound principles that can work in any offense. There's nothing more frustrating than getting a loaded box, blitzing linebackers, and not having a way to make the defense pay for it. But all that pressure can really cause chaos for your offense. To get the balance back and return to your running game, you have to be able to throw simple concepts against man coverage. And you must be able to protect the Quarterback. The concepts discussed in this episode are all part of the Pistol Power Offense System. You can get access to the System by becoming a JDFB Insider client right now!

Coach Flawless Linebacker Blitz Technique to Get All the Reward of Aggressive Play Calling, with Less Risk. Too many coaches use blitzes as a way to just 'make something happen.' That something could mean either your band, or their band, is going to play. And the outcome might be 50-50 at best. Defensive Coordinators can minimize risk in two ways. One is obvious. Study the other team, and call your blitzes with intent and purpose to stop specific actions by the offense. The other way to minimize risk, is coaching linebacker blitz technique. Coaching techniques that are going to give your blitzing linebacker the chance to make a play. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, we're going to look at 7 keys to Coaching Linebacker Blitz Technique. Each individual phase of the blitz game is an opportunity to improve your defense.

In the 2000's, the West Virginia 3-3 Defense was one of several Odd Stack fronts turning heads across the nation. Along with Georgia Military College's 3-5-3 Defense, these two variations became the most popular for High School Football teams to emulate. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'm breaking down the West Virginia 3-3 Defense playbook from 2002. We'll look at the philosophy behind the defense, base fronts, alignment, adjustments, blitzes and coverages in this 192 page playbook (download available at the top of this page). Looking for more ideas to expand your Odd Stack defense or add the front in as a change-up? The breakdown of the West Virginia 3-3 Defense in this episode, along with my previous episode on Coaching the 33 Stack Defense, will get you going.

I started running the 33 Stack Defense in 2006. At the time, it was just gaining in popularity. Many coaches criticized the defense because "you can't stop the run." But the defense gained a foothold. Coaches liked the aggressiveness and the idea of a defense built for smaller players. More speed on the field. Unfortunately, a lot of myths sprung up around the defense in that era, too. High School Football coaches have done a better job learning the intricacies and executing the defense in recent years. In this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast, I'll talk about the basics of the 33 Stack Defense. We'll also look at those myths and how you can use the 33 Stack Defense for your football team today.