Corner Kick Attacking Routine | Score Goals With Simple, Shared Rules

Overview

• U15 and up, or any team that wants to start putting away corner kicks
• Age groups looking to sharpen up their set pieces
• Coaches who want the kicker and attackers working off the same shared rules
• When you also want to challenge your defenders’ reactions at the same time

Objectives

• Create real scoring chances off every corner kick
• Sync up the timing, spacing, and movement between the kicker and the attackers
• Build a simple, practical routine your players can actually use in a match
• Take control of the game through your set pieces

Setup

You’ll work on how your attackers move on a corner kick and how they read the opposing defenders. The goal is to nail the full sequence: the kicker delivers an accurate ball to the target spot, the attackers time their runs, and someone finishes it off.

１）Set up on one-third of the field and run it 11v11, full match style

２）Lock in the kicker’s role (No. 6) and have the same player take every corner

３）Have your attackers (Nos. 2, 3, 4, etc.) confirm their starting positions before the ball is struck

４）The kicker calls it out, then all the attackers break at once

５）Once the ball is played, time the run and go for the finish

６）Defenders get ready to react to the attackers’ movement before the ball is even kicked