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Attacking Headers From Corners
Attack a corner with timed runs
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Attacking Headers From Corners is a 15-minute heading drill for 5-16 players, suitable for Under 12 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Aerial
Set Piece Routine
Duration
15 min
Players
5-16
Pitch size
Penalty area
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Attacking Headers From Corners — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Penalty area
Step 1 of 4Attackers make timed runs into the three zones as the corner is delivered.
- 1. Attackers make timed runs into the three zones as the corner is delivered.
- 2. Limit each player to six headers per session.
- 3. Rotate zones and delivery type after every three corners.
- 4. Rotation: Rotate zones and delivery type after every three corners.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach serving, S = second server
- Ball
- Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Keeper distributes back to the server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Attack a corner with timed runs
- -Head down and towards the goal
- -Practise a repeatable corner routine
Setup
- 1Full goal with a keeper and a corner taker.
- 2Three attackers starting on the penalty spot.
- 3Cones marking near post, central and back post zones.
Coaching instructions
- 1Attackers make timed runs into the three zones as the corner is delivered.
- 2Limit each player to six headers per session.
- 3Rotate zones and delivery type after every three corners.
Coaching points
- -Start deep and attack the ball with momentum
- -Head the ball downwards towards the corners
- -Time the run to arrive as the ball does
- -Eyes open, forehead contact
Common mistakes
- -Standing in the zone waiting
- -Heading up and over the bar
- -Runs bunching into the same area