Set Pieces
Attacking Corner Routines: Switch To Score
Rehearse two attacking corner routines
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Attacking Corner Routines: Switch To Score is a 18-minute set pieces drill for 8-20 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs, 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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Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Switching Play
Team Shape
Decision Making
Duration
18 min
Players
8-20
Pitch size
Penalty area
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Attacking Corner Routines: Switch To Score — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Penalty area
Step 1 of 4Run routine one: near post flick to the back post runners.
- 1. Run routine one: near post flick to the back post runners.
- 2. Run routine two: short corner then cut-back.
- 3. Six deliveries of each routine.
- 4. A goal only counts after the ball has been switched from one side of the pitch to the other.
- 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 two attacking corner routines
- -Attack the delivery zones
- -React to the second ball
Setup
- 1Corner takers on both sides with a supply of balls.
- 2Attackers in starting positions with markers.
- 3Keeper and defenders in the box.
Coaching instructions
- 1Run routine one: near post flick to the back post runners.
- 2Run routine two: short corner then cut-back.
- 3Six deliveries of each routine.
- 4A goal only counts after the ball has been switched from one side of the pitch to the other.
Coaching points
- -Start the runs from outside the crowd
- -Attack the ball with pace
- -One player always on the edge for the second ball
- -Recognise when the near side is blocked
- -Change the point of attack with a fast, driven pass
Common mistakes
- -Standing still in the box
- -Everyone attacking the same zone
- -No cover for the counter