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Attacking Set Piece Installation — Corners & Wide Free Kicks

Work through two corner routines (near-post flick-on, far-post run) and two wide free-kick routines (inswinger to the back post, short set-up for a driven cross)

Theme

Set_pieces

Duration

35 min

Players (min–rec–max)

20–20–20

Equipment

cones, balls, goals

Set-up

Work through two corner routines (near-post flick-on, far-post run) and two wide free-kick routines (inswinger to the back post, short set-up for a driven cross). Moreno delivers. Walk through movements first, then run at pace. GKs defend all deliveries.

Coaching points

  • Movements must be timed to the run-up, not the kick — start your run late, arrive on time
  • Front-post runner (Cruz) disrupts the GK's claim — even if you don't score, you create doubt
  • Delivery (Moreno, Pellegrini): pick a landing zone and hit it consistently — accuracy over power

Progressions

  • Add a live defensive unit to make the movements real and check timing under opposition
  • Work a short corner variant to stretch the defence and create an overload on one side