📋 Session Plan

U13 Set Pieces — Corners

A 60-minute session covering both attacking and defending corners — patterns that work, roles that stick.

Duration60 min AgeU13–U14 Players12 FocusQuality, decision-making, and

⏱Session timeline

▦Session blocks

Pass and Move (Pairs)

0 min

Standard 20×16 area. Use the call-by-name constraint — communication will matter in the set-piece blocks. 8 minutes is enough to warm up without over-extending.

Attacking Corners — Near-Post Patterns

0 min

First half of the session focused on the attacking side. Run all 5 phases including the live corners ending. By the end, the squad should know two routines: near-post pattern and short corner combination.

Defending Corners — Zonal-Hybrid

0 min

Now the defending side. Run all 5 phases. The first time through, the static rehearsal phase will take longer than 4 minutes — that's fine, the role clarity built here is the whole point.

Live corner game

0 min

Free 5v5 with one rule: every dead-ball restart from the attacking half is a corner (regardless of where the ball went out). Forces lots of corner reps under realistic match conditions. Keep score, keep it light.

Walking debrief

0 min

Walk the squad to the side of the pitch. Two-minute reflection: 'name one routine you remember, name one role you played.' The verbalisation embeds the learning.

◆What you'll need from yourself

Clear demonstrations and high energy. Keep the session moving with minimal queuing, and reinforce one or two key coaching points rather than overloading players with information.

!Common problems

Players standing in queues (set up enough stations to keep everyone active) and the session running too long on one activity (keep blocks tight and move on while engagement is high).