25 set pieces drills for grassroots football coaches, from U7 to adult. Each with step-by-step instructions, coaching points, and a visual diagram.
Most grassroots teams treat corners as 'chuck it in the box and hope'…
View drill → –Free kicks within 25 yards of goal are some of the highest-value attacking m…
View drill → –Zone defending at corners — where defenders hold their area rather than mark…
View drill → –Most U12–U14 squads concede corner goals not because individual defenders ca…
View drill → –Most grassroots teams have one corner delivery — whatever the kicker does na…
View drill → –U10-U11 is when corners stop being random kicks and start being purposeful…
View drill → –Most grassroots teams spend training time on attacking free kicks and zero t…
View drill → –Pure zonal defending requires senior-level discipline that grassroots youth …
View drill → –Most teams spend zero time defending free kicks…
View drill → –A direct free kick from 20–28 yards is a goalscoring opportunity…
View drill → –Most grassroots free kicks in the danger zone are either struck poorly or ar…
View drill → –The indirect free kick is awarded constantly in grassroots football…
View drill → –The indirect free kick is awarded constantly in grassroots football but rare…
View drill → –The kick-off happens at least twice per match, more after goals…
View drill → –Throw-ins are the most-frequent restart in football and the most-coached at …
View drill → –The long throw in the attacking third is a dead-ball attacking weapon compar…
View drill → –Players with a rehearsed pre-kick routine, a corner decided before the run-u…
View drill → –The throw-in in the attacking third is a set piece opportunity that most gra…
View drill → –The far-post corner is the highest-percentage aerial delivery in football…
View drill → –A player with a long throw has a weapon that most grassroots teams don't uti…
View drill → –The short corner pulls the nearest defender out, creates a 2v1 with the over…
View drill → –Most grassroots throw-ins in the attacking third are either aimless long thr…
View drill → –A typical 9v9 match has 30+ throw-ins…
View drill → –Most U10-U13 teams lose possession on roughly 60% of their throw-ins…
View drill → –Wide free kicks at U12 are almost always wasted because the movers don't mov…
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