Set Pieces
Underload Corner Routine Rehearsal
Rehearse attacking corner routines
Set Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
Underload Corner Routine Rehearsal is a 16-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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Goals Needed
Underload
Duration
16 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
33 x 28 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Underload Corner Routine Rehearsal — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 33 x 28 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. The attacking group starts a player short, so every entry pass has to be sharp.
- 5. Defenders score a point for every clean turnover; attackers need three clean end actions to win the round.
- 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
- 1A penalty area set up with marked starting positions for each role in a 33 x 28 yards area.
- 2Add one extra defender to the working area and mark their start position with a flat cone.
- 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.
- 4The attacking group starts a player short, so every entry pass has to be sharp.
- 5Defenders score a point for every clean turnover; attackers need three clean end actions to win the round.
Coaching points
- -Attack the ball on the move
- -Hold the edge of the box for the second ball
- -Clear jobs, clear signals
- -Protect the ball and wait for the second runner rather than forcing it
Common mistakes
- -Players standing still until the ball is kicked
- -Nobody covering the counter
- -Trying to beat two players instead of releasing early
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