SET PIECES ATTACKING CORNERS
Flick on to a corner kick (attacking)
Increasingly in a professional game these days corner kicks
are aimed towards the near post i.e. from the right flank
driven in with the right foot, or an inswinging corner kick
with the left foot.
One of the attackers tries to get to the ball first and with
a flick-on try to wrong-foot defenders, but it requires a
great deal of practice to become efficient.
Diagram 1
a. In diagram 1, (C) the
corner kicker drives the ball towards (A1) who tries to deflect
the ball across the 6-yard box. The delivery in itself requires
practice.
Putting the corner kick in exactly the right place, at the
right height and speed, doesn't come easy to any player. So
having (A1) standing on the angle of the 6-yard box, with
(C) aiming to drive the ball towards him is the first stage
which has to be developed correctly.
WITHOUT AN ACCURATE CORNER KICK THE WHOLE
THING FALLS DOWN, THIS MUST BE STRESSED.
b. Once the corner kick is
perfected then the next step is to get (A1) set to perform
his technique.
Clearly in any game if he simply stood at the angle of the
6-yard box he would be marked (back and front) by defenders
- so he has to learn to reach that position at the right time
so as to catch out his markers.
So as in diagram 1, he is made to start in position (A2)
- approximately 2 metres wide and out from the 6-yard box
on the far side of the area.
He now has to set off towards position (A1), as (C) drives
the ball in. The timing of the run by (A) and the delivery
by (C) have to coincide perfectly - and this comes only with
repetitive practice.
c. When this is starting
to happen then the coach can introduce defenders to put some
pressure on both (A) and (C).
To begin with, (D1) is placed to stand in front of the edge
of the 6-yard box (about 2 metres clear) this ensures that
(C) has to clear him to reach (A's) run.
At the same time (D2) comes into the practice and he starts
on the edge of the far side of the penalty area, and is ready
to challenge (A2).
To start (D2) cannot move until (C) has made contact with
the ball, but as the practice progresses he can be brought
in closer and offer a realistic challenge to (A1).
d. To balance this another
attacker can be brought in (A3), who is looking for a "flick-on"
by (A1) to try and score a goal.
(A3) starts between (A2) and (D2) and moves in towards goal
as he sees what develops.
(D2) has to be aware of (A3), and to assist him (D1) is now
allowed to move wherever he wants, once (C) has taken the
corner kick.
THIS IS THE EARLY (YET CRUCIAL) STAGE
OF THIS TECHNIQUE WHICH HAS TO BE DEVELOPED BEFORE ANY CONSIDERATION
IS GIVEN TO PROGRESSION.
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