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The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Coach Joe Daniel from JoeDanielFootball.com helps you build a better football team at any level. Youth Football Coaches, Middle School Football Coaches, High School Football Coaches, College Football Coaches and Semi-Professional Football Coaches will get great ideas and discussion from The Football Coaching Podcast.
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Now displaying: April, 2015
Apr 30, 2015

Coach Rob Patterson sat in with me for The Football Coaching Podcast in this episode. He's currently the JV Coach for Southern Lee High School in Sanford, NC. 

Coach Patterson has been on a path a lot of coaches want to know how to follow. He started coaching youth football when his son was playing. And he fell in love with it.

After many years of coaching, he's moved to the Middle School and now High School coaching ranks. And he's winning.

Rob is a Joe Daniel Football Insider member as well as a member of the 4-3 Defense eCourse. His youth team won their Pop Warner championship. He took his defense to the Middle School level and allowed just 8 ppg. 

Currently, he is coaching with the Junior Varsity at Southern Lee and also working in the box and as Quality Control for the Linebackers on the Varsity. 

Special Bonus: How To Build A Whiteboard, or... Why I Cannot Drive My Truck Right Now.

Apr 27, 2015

Episode 123 of The Football Coaching Podcast is the start of something new. This is our first Success Stories interview with members of Joe Daniel Football. 

Coach Donnie McDonough returned to his alma mater after college, and took over as the head coach at Western Wayne High School in 2013. 

After a rocky start, the team finished 6-4 in 2014. Their first winning season, and first playoff appearance, in 20 years. 

Coach McDonough is a member of The 4-3 Defense eCourse, and a Joe Daniel Football Insiders member. 

Hear how his football team made the turnaround in this episode!

Apr 15, 2015

Earlier in the week I wrote an article about the true nature of the 4-3 Defense. The way I see it, anyway. 

The 4-3 Defense has certain rules. A few years ago I wrote about the 8 Laws of The 4-3 Defense.

Block down, step down. Spill the football. 

7 Man Front. Mike Linebacker has to be a 2-gap player. 

I know a lot of people don't see the 4-3 Defense this way. That's OK for them. For me, the Miami 4-3 Defense as it was designed by Jimmy Johnson and his staff at The "U" is where it's at. 

And it is still one of the best defenses in football. So sit back and listen to How To Coach The 4-3 Defense!

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Apr 8, 2015

There's more to getting ready for a football season than printing out a pretty playbook. Your football team has to execute fundamentals if they're going to win.

That means you need to have your drills ready. And this week, we're looking at how to build your defensive drill package for the upcoming season. 

Follow this 5 step process to decide how you're going to put your drills together. And know that your package will be a forever growing and changing entity. 

If you are going to follow these steps, you need to get Step 1 nailed down first. And that means you need the Defensive Installation Manual

Apr 1, 2015

I get a lot of emails asking about the Install Schedule. There's more to it than that. 

While most of my eCourses give an in-depth look at the install schedule for the scheme, there's a key. Those courses include why you install each piece.

That is why I'm not real excited to email you a spreadsheet of our install schedule. It changes every year. 

So check out episode 120 of The Football Coaching Podcast to see the 4 questions you need to ask when setting up your install schedule. 

I look at this specifically from the standpoint of Spring Practice, because it is April here as I record the podcast. But you should apply the same logic in the Fall as well.

One last note. I just moved into a new office with it's own little studio. I recorded this without thinking - I knew there'd be an echo, just not how bad it would be.

I'll hang up some blankets and put a couple books on the shelf before the next episode. But I thought this episode was too good from a content standpoint to just throw out (they're never as good the second time).

Question & Answer

  • When using Robber Coverage, which side is the Read Side against 11 personnel formations (1 TE, 1 RB)?
  • Do you call your strength against a 12 personnel formation (2 TE's, 1 RB)

Show Notes

[02:45] Spring Practice Schedule

[04:30] Why I don't sent out install schedules

[07:07] Step 1 - What do you need to get good at?

[10:04] Step 2 - What do you need to find out?

[14:10] Step 3 - What do you install in the first 2 weeks of the season?

[18:56] What coaches should be doing in Spring Practice

[23:55] Step 4 - Ask yourself why.

[33:40] Question: Which side is the Read Side in Robber Coverage against 11 Personnel?

[39:30] Question: How do you call your strength alignment to 12 personnel formations?

 

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