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JDFB Quick Clinic #67 – How to Move Players to a New Position

July 28, 2017 by Joe Daniel

Gideon sent in a question that every coach needs the answer to. How do you change a player’s position? Seems easy, right? And in the old school coaching world, it was. You just tell him to change positions. Like it or not. Sometimes that works. Sometimes you lose a kid for the rest of the season. … [Read more...]

How to Create Practice Plans for Installing Your Playbook

July 27, 2017 by Joe Daniel

This goes with Episode 204 of The Football Coaching Podcast: The 4-Step Blueprint for Pre-Season Practice Planning. You can listen to that episode in iTunes or at https://joedanielfootball.com/204. You can also download my notes for the detailed 4 Step Blueprint there. And for the … [Read more...]

JFDB Quick Clinic #66 – Creating Your 3-D Football Playbook

July 26, 2017 by Joe Daniel

I want to share a new tool with you. A free tool for football coaches here in the United States. The U.S. Army has put together a playbook app that’s available on Android, iPhone, Windows and a web based application (that I use on my MacBook). It will create a beautiful 3-D Playbook for your … [Read more...]

FBCP Episode 205 – Coaching The Single Wing Offense

July 25, 2017 by Joe Daniel

The Single Wing Offense has one of the oldest and most storied histories in all of football. After seemingly disappearing from the game, it has come back in force in recent years. And that’s what we’re going to talk about on this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast. The modern day Single … [Read more...]

How to Coach the Pursuit Drill for Better Tackling

July 24, 2017 by Joe Daniel

Visit http://425defense.com/youtube to watch an exclusive video on Run Fits in the 4-2-5 Defense System. Then sign up to receive my special 3 video series on How to Coach the 4-2-5 Defense at no charge. Nothing will make your football team's tackling better than getting more hats to the … [Read more...]

JDFB Quick Clinic #65 – Coaching Without Enough Players

July 21, 2017 by Joe Daniel

Coaches everywhere struggle with this major practice problem. I’m going to give you some solutions. Practice starts, and you look around. There’s about 19 guys here today. What are you going to do? The obvious answer is to go half line and get your work in that way. But there’s a second issue. … [Read more...]

How to Coach the Alley Screen Play

July 20, 2017 by Joe Daniel

The Alley Screen is a great play for any Offense. It's easy to execute and can lead to some big plays. I'll show you how to run the play, and a drill for your Offensive Linemen blocking the Alley Screen. Plus, I'll show you how to execute the Alley & Go for a big play when the Defense is … [Read more...]

JDFB Quick Clinic #64 – Football Film Timeline: Apex Football

July 19, 2017 by Joe Daniel

The next step down the path in the Football Film Timeline is Apex Football. And they’ve all but disappeared from the earth today. Apex’s big feature was the ability to input your data using voice recognition. It was a very cool, though at times very frustrating, feature for football … [Read more...]

FBCP Episode 204 – 4 Step Blueprint to Pre-Season Practice Planning

July 18, 2017 by Joe Daniel

You’ve got the playbooks printed. The players will be there. Are you ready, coach? This week in The Football Coaching Podcast we’re looking at preparing for those critical pre-season practices. Getting your team ready for Week 1, when it really counts. Everyone wants a cookie cutter answer to … [Read more...]

How to Get a Great Kick-Out on Your Power Run Play

July 17, 2017 by Joe Daniel

On your Power run play, one of the most important elements is the kick out block on the defensive end. When we're running power, there's two keys. You get a double team at the point of attack (against most defenses, bear front is the exception). And you get a kick out front side by the H-Back or … [Read more...]