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Counter Corner Routine Rehearsal

Rehearse attacking corner routines

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Attacking
Finishing

Counter Corner Routine Rehearsal is a 18-minute set pieces drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 10 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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Counter Attack

Duration

18 min

Players

6-18

Pitch size

41 x 36 yards

Ability levels

Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Counter Corner Routine RehearsalGKS12341 x 36 yards

Counter Corner Routine Rehearsal — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 41 x 36 yards

Step 1 of 5Walk the routine through once with no opposition.

  1. 1. Walk the routine through once with no opposition.
  2. 2. Run it at match pace with defenders added.
  3. 3. Every rep finishes with a live second ball.
  4. 4. The team in possession starts each rep in their own half and must build forwards.
  5. 5. Turnovers earn a direct counter at the mini goals worth two points.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Full goal
  • GK = goalkeeper
  • S = server
  • Ball
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Shooter becomes the next server
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Rehearse attacking corner routines
  • -Give every player a clear job
  • -Practise the second-ball reaction

Setup

  1. 1A penalty area set up with marked starting positions for each role in a 41 x 36 yards area.
  2. 2Place two mini goals on the halfway line for the counter-attacking side to aim at.
  3. 3Balls at the corner flag, keeper in goal.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Walk the routine through once with no opposition.
  2. 2Run it at match pace with defenders added.
  3. 3Every rep finishes with a live second ball.
  4. 4The team in possession starts each rep in their own half and must build forwards.
  5. 5Turnovers earn a direct counter at the mini goals worth two points.

Coaching points

  • -Attack the ball on the move
  • -Hold the edge of the box for the second ball
  • -Clear jobs, clear signals
  • -Counter in a straight line — the first pass forward beats the recovery run

Common mistakes

  • -Players standing still until the ball is kicked
  • -Nobody covering the counter
  • -Dribbling into traffic when the counter is on

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