Shotgun Zone Fly

The Shotgun Zone Fly Offense is a type of spread offense. It was invented by Coach Byron Hamilton at Foothill High School in California. The offense features a single running back in the backfield who lines up behind the quarterback who is in shotgun. One of the receivers is designated as the motion man, the 'fly guy'. He will be a speed threat for sweep plays. The quarterback is expected to be a running threat in this offense. This means that there are three players who may take a hand off on any given play, which seems odd coming from a spread based offense. Coach Hamilton says that he likes to use more athletic offensive lineman for this offense to help make reach blocks on sweeps. Most of the inside plays are traps or a zone scheme play. It is a natural fit for smaller lineman on trap plays, and by using zone blocking, double teams are used making it manageable for a small line. I really like what I have heard and seen so far from this offense. I really like the idea of spreading the field, and then having three different run attacks on any given play. I think this offense has a good chance of catching on. More and more teams have started using spread formations, and I think that other coaches will like being able to have a threatening run game out of a spread formation.