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Free Kick Organization — Defensive and Attacking Walls

Three attacking free kick positions marked (25 yards central, 22 yards left of center, wide right)

Theme

Set_pieces

Duration

25 min

Players (min–rec–max)

22–22–22

Equipment

cones, balls, pinnies

Set-up

Three attacking free kick positions marked (25 yards central, 22 yards left of center, wide right). For each: one delivery routine installed (direct, layoff-and-shoot, dummy run). Then switch — defending unit sets wall and defends each position. GK organizes the wall; coach listens.

Coaching points

  • Aiden: you set the wall, then you get your line — you can't do both at once, so set it fast and move
  • Wall players: arms crossed, bodies tight, nobody flinching before the ball is struck
  • Attacking free kicks: one player stands over it — he decides direct or layoff based on wall position

Progressions

  • Add a runner from the wall who peels on the strike to attack the rebound
  • Defending unit practices stepping the wall on the signal — offside trap option from a free kick