Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Set Piece - Goldie

Attacking Corners (25 mins)

Thered team is attacking the corner while the blacks are trying to defend it andhave a quick counterattack.

Player1 will signal with hand gestures the different corners they may hit.

• 1 hand up - near post
• Both hands up - far post
• Both hands on the hips - short
• 1 hand on the hip - going for the penalty spot
• Nothing - in swinging corner going for the goal

Red team:
Player 1 (RW) is taking corners.
Player 2 (CAM) comes in for the short corner to either dribble in and cross,cross straight away, or pass to 1, who will dribble in or cross.
Players 3/5/6 (RB/ CM/ LW) start huddled together, and each has a specificroute to run to cause confusion amongst the defense.

Player 4 (ST) on GK.

Player 7 (LB) runs aroundthe outside and to the penalty spot.

Player 8 (CDM) stays on theedge to hit anything cleared back in or take a shot from range.

Players 9/10 CB to defend the attacker left up top. One man-marks (10)while the other covers the space where they may run or turn into (9).

Players 3/5/6/7/8 are all crowded (known as line Concept) it will createconfusion for the defense trying to mark them.

Ifthe ball doesn't go short, player 2 will move as an outlet at the edge of thearea (shown by the blue arrow) to either shoot from range or put the ball backinto the mix.

Positionswritten are an example depending on the team, player's ariel abilities, speed,agility, and understanding.

Player1 put 1 hand on the hip, showing he was aiming for the penalty spot. He hits anin-swinging corner toward the penalty spot. Although he was slightly short,the run 6 made picked it up and passed it onto 7, who was open as they losttheir marker in the confusion of runs. They could then finish with a shot asdefenders in front had moved to tackle the ball.

Practicecorners from both sides.

Attacking Free Kick (25 mins)

Player 4 (free kick tacker) Practice from both the left andright side anywhere from between 30 yards out to about 20 from many different positions.

Like with corners, the free kick take will use hand gestures.

• 1 hand up - near post
• Both hands up - far post
• Both hands on the hips - playing to player 2 outside of the area and then running down the flank to put in a cross/ player 2 puts in the ball or shoots from range.
• 1 hand on the hip - going for the penalty spot
• Nothing - going for the goal

In this example, player 4 puts both hands up in the airmeaning players 6/10 are the target players at the far post, depending on wherethe ball lands. They’re aiming for the head of 6/10, who are both runningtowards the far post, one from inside the box and one from outside. In thisexample, player 6, who ran from outside of the box, heads the ball toward thepost nearest them.

Players 3/8/5 move early towards the middle and near postearly, confusing defenders and dragging them with them. This leaves the backpost open for one of those players to get onto the end of.

Practicing well-timed runs from deep will optimally trigger themoment of the kicker’s 1st step.

Players in andaround the 6-yard box need to be ready to receive rebounds.