Set Pieces
Finishing Corner Routine Rehearsal
Rehearse attacking corner routines
Set Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
Finishing 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.
Back to drill librarySet Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Duration
18 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
39 x 34 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Finishing Corner Routine Rehearsal — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 39 x 34 yards
Step 1 of 5Walk the routine through once with no opposition.
- 1. Walk the routine through once with no opposition.
- 2. Run it at match pace with defenders added.
- 3. Every rep finishes with a live second ball.
- 4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
- 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
- -Rehearse attacking corner routines
- -Give every player a clear job
- -Practise the second-ball reaction
Setup
- 1A penalty area set up with marked starting positions for each role in a 39 x 34 yards area.
- 2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
- 3Balls at the corner flag, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Walk the routine through once with no opposition.
- 2Run it at match pace with defenders added.
- 3Every rep finishes with a live second ball.
- 4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
Coaching points
- -Attack the ball on the move
- -Hold the edge of the box for the second ball
- -Clear jobs, clear signals
- -Head up before the strike — pick the side, then commit
Common mistakes
- -Players standing still until the ball is kicked
- -Nobody covering the counter
- -Rushing the shot and leaning back over the ball
Where this drill fits
- More football set pieces drills
- More football attacking drills
- More football finishing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme