📋 Session Plan
U13 Set Pieces — Corners
A 60-minute session covering both attacking and defending corners — patterns that work, roles that stick.
A 60-minute session covering both attacking and defending corners — patterns that work, roles that stick.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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