fly offense/spread

Question
my name is shawn and i live in arizona high school coach. can you tell me about this offense what are the weaknesses and how do you stop it wth a 4-3 cover2 def? when your ends have outside contain. is this the best def to stop it can it be done. this coach is from cali. please tell me as much as you can. thankyou for your time.

Answer
Dear Coach Delane:
You are in luck, I was one of the first guys in the country to run The Fly Offense. When I first started coaching, I started with the Wing-T Offense. Little by little, I moved to what is now called the Fly Offense. I wanted to run the misdirection of the Wing-T Offense while forcing the defense to also play the pass. I knew that the single wing was not the formation I wanted to use. I wanted to be able to pass out of any formation (like a wide open offense) and still be able to control the ball with the run. I guess I was not the only coach that had that dream. Most people give Mark Speckman credit for developing the 揊ly Offense? I am not sure who came up with the idea first. All I know is that I was running what is now called the Fly Offense back in the 1980's before anybody gave it a name. And that the "The Fly Offense" was born in California. And I know that I did not come up with the name (The Fly Offense) someone else did that.

The Fly Offense is a misdirection run offense. The fly offense is the old Wing-T Offense with a new twist. It can be used in a two backs, one back, and no back set. Some of the nation's leading high school rushers came from this offense. Because teams become so aware of the quick hitting fly sweep, dives, traps, counters and play-action passes become very big plays.

Fly Offense Facts:

The Fly Offense is very effective at the high school and college level.
The Fly Offense requires precise timing.
The Fly Offense is good for getting speed to the edges.
The Fly Offense makes teams run from sideline to sideline without throwing the ball.
The Fly Offense' linemen can be undersized and still win the battle of the trenches.
The Fly offense lets you compete with bigger and faster teams on a level playing field.
The Fly Offense takes dominating down lineman out of their element, and makes linebackers run all over. The faster the linebackers are, the better the fly offense works.

Fly Offense Weakness:

The Fly Offense, if not practiced enough, can end up hurting a team because of bobbled snaps and missed hand-offs.

The Fly Offense can lower player's moral. Inadvertent whistles can cause touchdown plays to be called back and may cause you the game. I am talking from experience. I had 3-touch downs called back in one game. And I lost the game by 1 point. I still have trouble sleeping at night LOL.

Your friend, Coach Louis

PS. If you want to know more about the FLY OFFENSE, just let me know. When you write me just click on private and your E-Mail will not be placed on the Internet. If you can leave me a phone number that I can call, I will get back to you and you can ask all the questions you would like about the offense.