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Attacking Free-Kick Delivery

Score from a wide free-kick delivery. Whip a quality ball into the danger area, time the attacking run to meet it, and head it down and into the net.

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Duration
10 min
Total drill time
Players
4
Recommended
Pitch
52 × 36 m
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
High
Physical demand
Age band
U11-U12
Any format

Setup & instructions

From a wide, deep free-kick, deliver a quality ball into the box for an attacker to head at goal. Emphasise the flight and the target area of the delivery, and the timing of the run to meet it. Vary near-post and far-post deliveries. Rotate the taker and the attackers.

Setup time: 1 min

Tactical breakdown

A wide free kick is a corner with better geometry, and teams routinely waste it by treating it as a chance to shoot from an impossible angle. From out wide the ball can be delivered with pace across the face of goal, into a zone where a keeper cannot come and defenders are facing their own net. That is a far better proposition than a speculative strike.

The delivery decision comes down to three things, and they should be agreed before the taker walks up. Flight decides who can attack it: a flat, whipped ball beats defenders but demands a precise run, while a higher, hanging ball gives runners time but also gives the keeper time to come. Pace decides whether it can be cleared comfortably. Target zone decides everything else.

The zone that matters most is the corridor between the six-yard box and the penalty spot. A keeper who comes for a ball there is leaving his line for something he may not reach, and a defender heading it there is heading it towards his own goal. Deliver short of that and the keeper claims it. Deliver beyond it and the danger evaporates.

The runs are what convert the delivery, and the fault is almost always arriving early. A runner who reaches the zone before the ball is stationary and marked. Starting the run late, from outside where the marker expects, means arriving at pace onto a ball that is already dropping.

How to run this drill

  1. Agree flight, pace and target before the walk-up. Decide the three variables in advance rather than improvising. A taker who has not agreed the zone with the runners is delivering into hope.
  2. Aim for the corridor the keeper cannot own. Between the six-yard box and the penalty spot. A keeper coming for a ball there is leaving his line for something he may not reach.
  3. Whip it with pace away from the keeper. Bending the ball away from goal keeps the keeper on his line. Pace on the delivery means a defender only has to touch it wrong for it to become dangerous.
  4. Start the runs late and from outside. Runners set up wider than the target zone and attack it on the delivery. Arriving early means standing still and marked when the ball comes in.
  5. Head it down and back across. A downward header is far harder to save than one struck flat, and heading it back across goal takes it away from the keeper's starting position.
  6. Rehearse two deliveries, not one. Have an inswinger and a flat driven ball available from the same position, called before the whistle, so defences cannot set up for a single option.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Pick the delivery: flight, pace, and target area
  • Whip it into the danger area, away from the keeper
  • Attacker times the run to meet the ball
  • Attack the ball, head it down and at goal
  • Have a short option to keep it as an alternative

Common mistakes

  • Poor delivery, too close to the keeper or too flat
  • Runs mistimed for the flight of the ball
  • Heading up rather than down and at goal
  • No short option, only the one delivery

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Add more defenders to mark the box
  • Vary near-post, central, and back-post deliveries
  • Include a worked short routine as an option

Regressions

  • Deliver to a fixed target to groove it
  • Fewer defenders to build confidence
  • Walk the delivery and runs first
Equipment
Cones×1
Full Goals×1
Tactical principles
attacking free kickfree kick deliverywide free kickset piece deliverywhipped crossfree kick routineset piece drillattacking set piecesheading from a free kicku12 set piece drill
Audience
U11-U12

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