Set Pieces

Wide Channel Corner Routine Rehearsal

Rehearse attacking corner routines

Set Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
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Wide Channel 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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Set Pieces
Attacking
Finishing
Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Wide Play

Duration

16 min

Players

6-18

Pitch size

41 x 36 yards

Ability levels

Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Wide Channel Corner Routine RehearsalGKS12341 x 36 yards

Wide Channel 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 practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
  5. 5. End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.
  • 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. 2Mark five-yard channels down both touchlines with flat cones.
  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 practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
  5. 5End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.

Coaching points

  • -Attack the ball on the move
  • -Hold the edge of the box for the second ball
  • -Clear jobs, clear signals
  • -Attack the outside shoulder and deliver early rather than over-dribbling

Common mistakes

  • -Players standing still until the ball is kicked
  • -Nobody covering the counter
  • -Everything funnelling into a crowded middle

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