Coaching the Mesh in the Shotgun Zone Fly

The mesh is where the Shotgun Zone Fly lives or dies. Foothill High School (CA) head coach Bryon Hamilton walks through the strategies and coaching points for developing a quarterback in the SZF offense from start to finish, beginning with how every quarterback should receive the snap and building all the way to a clean, deceptive mesh. Along the way he adds coaching points on turning that quarterback into an effective runner, because, as he puts it, his quarterbacks are runners first without question.

What you'll learn

• The detailed components of receiving the snap in the shotgun - it all starts here, so it has to start right
• How to execute the mesh in the Shotgun Zone Fly offense with great deception
• Executing the inside handoff cleanly out of the mesh
• Executing the QB keep off the same action
• The critical elements of playing quarterback in the SZF, from pre-snap through the finish of the play
• Coaching points for developing a quarterback who runs downhill and gains yardage

Who it's for

Aimed at high school quarterback coaches, offensive coordinators and head coaches running the Shotgun Zone Fly or any shotgun run-game offense built on a mesh. Youth and middle school staffs teaching the shotgun exchange will find the snap and mesh detail usable as well.

About the coach

Bryon Hamilton was the head coach at Foothill High School in California, where he built his offense around the Shotgun Zone Fly.

Coach Hamilton supports the teaching with extensive game film analysis. Runtime: about 48 minutes.