The Corner Menu

Install a menu of three attacking corner routines the team can call in matches, grooving the delivery, screens and timed runs in blocks before pressure-testing them against a live defence.

Goal, GK and a full penalty area. Attacking unit of six in the box plus a taker and an edge player; defensive unit starts passive (shadow positions), goes live in the final block. Routine cards: 1 = front-zone screen and near-post attack, 2 = far-post stack peeling off, 3 = short option recycled to the edge for a second delivery.

1. Block 1 (6 reps): far-post stack. Three attackers stack centrally; on the taker's raised arm the back man peels to attack a deep delivery while the front two screen and spin near.
2. Block 2 (6 reps): front-zone screen. Two attackers screen the keeper's zone and near-post defender; the runner arrives on a whipped in-swinger at the near post.
3. Block 3 (6 reps): edge recycle. Short option drags markers out, ball is recycled to the edge player for a strike or second delivery to the far stick.
4. The taker calls the routine number aloud in the blocks, then with a hand signal only.
5. Final block (10 minutes): fully live defence and GK, taker chooses any routine off the signal — keep score of first contacts won and goals.
6. Rotate takers so both an in-swinging and out-swinging deliverer are rehearsed.

• Delivery beats the first defender and lands in the agreed zone — non-negotiable.
• Start your run late and flat-out; arriving early is as bad as late.
• Screens are static — set your feet before contact, no pushing.
• Edge player lives on the second ball: first touch sets the strike.

• Runners drift to their target zone early and the marker reads it — hold the stack until the signal, then sprint.
• The screen player chases the ball after screening — his job ends at the block, hold position for the rebound.
• Deliveries vary every rep so the timing never grooves — the taker hits the same zone six times before anything goes live.

• Defence goes man-for-man and physical — attackers must use the screens properly.
• Add a counter-attack goal on halfway: a clearance past it punishes a sloppy routine.
• Taker disguises the call — same set position for all three routines.

• Run routines unopposed until the timing is clean.
• Use mannequins as the defensive seeds instead of live defenders.
• Deliver by hand-serve if the taker's quality is breaking the rehearsal.

• Every routine ends with an attempt at goal inside 8 seconds of the delivery.
• Attackers must hold their disguise positions until the taker's signal.