Winning in all three phases might be a cliche, but you will lose games if you have sloppy special teams practice. Planning your special teams practices is critical if you don’t want to shoot yourself in the foot on game day.

How do we plan special teams practice when we only have a 90 minute practice plan? It seems like there is too much to get done. But that’s not true. 

This episode of The Football Coaching Podcast dives into planning your special teams practices - and your special teams playbooks - with a Coach Simple approach.

You don’t want too many plays in your offensive playbook. But you need enough plays to beat the defense. So how many plays do you need to have ready?

How many plays you need in the playbook is the 15th episode in our 20 Questions series for Season 9 of The Football Coaching Podcast. It is one of the 20 most-asked questions I have seen from our podcast listeners and JDFB Coaching Systems clients.

Every offensive playbook is different. And every coach is different. But this episode will give you a solid guide for how many plays to have in your offensive playbook.

Linebacker reads and keys are the single most searched for keyword on Joe Daniel Football. It seems every coach is looking for the perfect reads for your linebackers.

I have coached just about every type of linebacker reads imaginable. Keying guards, keying backfield. I have cross-keyed the backs, keyed the 2-man surface… you name it, I have tried to coach it. 

Skip all the hassle. Get the complete guide to Linebacker Reads in this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. 

I hear from coaches all the time who have their own ideas on how a football team should be run. They just cannot get the head coach to listen!

This is a touchy subject. After all, the head coach is the man in charge. This is his time to shine. Not only that, he probably has more experience than other coaches on staff (though not always). 

This episode dives into how to get your head coach to open up to your suggestions… and when to keep your mouth shut.

The Coach Simple plan uses the 5-Day playbook install to get your system taught quickly. 

All of the systems inside JDFB Coaching Systems use a version of this principle. The 5-day playbook install plan gets your base playbook installed in just one week of practice. 

The plan is to have enough installed so that you could play a game or scrimmage. You might not have everything, but you have enough.