Four-Corner Escape

Choosing WHERE to dribble, not just how — scan the four exits and take the one the defenders left open.

25x25 with a 4x4 zone in each corner. Attackers with balls start in the middle; two defenders press.

1. On 'go', attackers dribble and try to stop their ball inside any corner zone.
2. Defenders press and clear any ball they win out of the area.
3. A corner zone closes once one attacker arrives — first come, first served.
4. Round ends when all attackers escape or lose their ball; rotate defenders.

• Scan before and during the dribble — which corner has no defender on the route?
• Commit late: show one corner, cut to another if the defender bites.
• Protect the ball through traffic — body between ball and pressure.
• Stop the ball dead in the zone to score; overruns don't count.

• Attackers pick their corner before 'go' and never re-look — the first decision is rarely the right one once defenders move.
• Everyone races to the same corner — that's a scanning failure; pause and replay it.
• Dribblers turn straight into the press to change corner — turn away from pressure, then redirect.

• Three defenders.
• Attackers must visit a corner then return to the middle and escape again.
• Corners score different points by difficulty.

• One defender.
• Bigger corner zones.
• Defenders walk for younger groups.

• A zone holds one attacker only — forces re-decisions mid-dribble.