Set Pieces
Transition Corner Routine Rehearsal
Rehearse attacking corner routines
Set Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
Transition 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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Attacking
Finishing
Skill Practice
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Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Transition
Duration
18 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
41 x 36 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Transition 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. 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. Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
- 5. On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach / 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
- 1A penalty area set up with marked starting positions for each role in a 41 x 36 yards area.
- 2Mark a second target area at the opposite end so the practice can flip direction instantly.
- 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.
- 4Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
- 5On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.
Coaching points
- -Attack the ball on the move
- -Hold the edge of the box for the second ball
- -Clear jobs, clear signals
- -First reaction after the turnover decides the moment — forward or secure
Common mistakes
- -Players standing still until the ball is kicked
- -Nobody covering the counter
- -Stopping to appeal instead of reacting to the turnover
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