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Corner Blocker Routine

Create a free header from a corner with a blocking run. Screen the target's marker as he peels off, deliver into the space he runs into, and attack the ball unmarked to score.

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Duration
10 min
Total drill time
Players
5
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 corner, a teammate makes a blocking run across the target's marker as the target peels off to the space. The corner is delivered to the free man, who heads it at goal. Emphasise the timing of the block and the peel, and delivering into the space. Rotate the roles and vary the target area.

Setup time: 1 min

Tactical breakdown

Screening at a corner sits right on the edge of what referees allow, and the difference between a legal block and a free kick against you is almost entirely about the hands. A player who takes up a position and stands still, letting a marker run into him, has done nothing wrong. A player who reaches out, grabs, or steps across at the last moment to make contact has committed a foul, and referees at every level are increasingly alert to it.

That distinction is worth teaching explicitly, because the routine is legitimate and effective when done properly, and a needless free kick throws away the whole set piece.

The mechanic borrows from basketball. Two attackers start close together. One holds his ground in the path of the other's marker, and the target peels away in the opposite direction. Because man-marking defenders are watching their man and the ball at the same time, a stationary body in the running lane is genuinely difficult to avoid, and the target arrives at the ball unmarked for a moment.

Timing is what makes or breaks it. The block has to be set as the target breaks, not before, because a blocker who takes up position early is simply standing next to a defender who has time to step around him. And the delivery has to go into the space the target is running into rather than to where he started, which means the taker needs the same cue as the runners.

How to run this drill

  1. Pair the blocker and the target. Two attackers start close together in the box, with the target's marker on the side you intend to free him from. The pairing needs rehearsing, not improvising.
  2. Set the block as the target breaks. Not before. A blocker in position early is just a body a defender can step around, because he has time to see it and adjust.
  3. Hold your ground, keep the hands down. Take up a position and stand still. Reaching, grabbing or stepping across late is a foul, and at any level it will be given and the set piece wasted.
  4. Peel off into the vacated space. The target moves the opposite way to the block, into the area his marker can no longer reach without going through his own opponent.
  5. Deliver into the space, not onto the marker. The ball goes where the target is running, which means the taker works off the same cue as the runners rather than aiming at a starting position.
  6. Use it sparingly in a match. Run twice in a game it frees a header. Run at every corner it gets spotted, defended and eventually penalised, so keep it for the corners that matter.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Time the block as the target breaks the other way
  • Screen the marker legally, do not hold
  • Target peels off into the free space
  • Deliver into the space, not onto the marker
  • Attack the ball hard and head it down

Common mistakes

  • Block mistimed with the peel
  • Holding the marker (a foul) instead of screening
  • Delivery onto the marker, not the free space
  • Target not attacking the ball once free

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Add more defenders to beat the screen
  • Vary near-post and back-post blocker routines
  • Second-ball runner for the knockdown

Regressions

  • Walk the block and the peel unopposed first
  • Passive marker to groove the timing
  • Deliver to a fixed spot to start
Equipment
Cones×1
Full Goals×1
Tactical principles
corner blocker routineblocking at cornersscreening runscorner routineset piece drillfree header from a cornerattacking cornerspick and roll footballcorner kick drillu12 set piece drill
Audience
U11-U12

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