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Worked Free-Kick Routine

Beat the wall with a worked routine. Disguise the roll, open the angle with a square pass, and strike first time around the wall into the far corner before the keeper can adjust.

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Duration
8 min
Total drill time
Players
3
Recommended
Pitch
44 × 36 m
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
Medium
Physical demand
Age band
U9-U10
Any format

Setup & instructions

Set a free kick just outside the box with a mannequin wall and a keeper. The taker stands over the ball as if to shoot, then rolls it square to a teammate who strikes first time around the end of the wall into the far corner. Sell the direct shot, then work the angle. Rehearse it and have a back-up option if it breaks down.

Setup time: 2 min

Tactical breakdown

Worked routines fail more often than they succeed, and the reason is usually nothing to do with execution. It is that the defence was never convinced a direct shot was coming. If the wall and the keeper have not set for a strike, there is no advantage to be gained by not taking one, and the whole routine becomes an elaborate way of giving the ball away.

So the first job is the sell. The player standing over the ball has to look like he is shooting, and ideally has shot from that position before. Everything the routine then earns comes from the keeper having set his feet for a ball over the wall that never arrives.

The mechanic itself is simple geometry. A wall protects a specific line between the ball and the goal. Roll the ball two or three yards square and that line no longer covers the shooting angle, because the wall cannot slide across as fast as the ball moves. The shooter now has the end of the wall to bend around and a keeper whose weight is committed to the wrong side.

The strike has to be first time. A touch to set gives the wall time to shuffle and the keeper time to reset, which returns everything the roll just gained. That is the part to drill hardest, because striking a moving ball at an angle is genuinely difficult and players want a settling touch.

One routine, rehearsed until it is automatic, beats five that everyone half remembers.

How to run this drill

  1. Set up as though shooting. Two players over the ball, both shaping to strike. The routine earns nothing unless the wall and keeper genuinely believe a direct shot is coming.
  2. Roll it square, two or three yards. A short, disguised push sideways. The wall cannot slide across as quickly as the ball moves, which is the entire advantage the routine creates.
  3. Strike it first time. No settling touch. Taking one gives the wall time to shuffle and the keeper time to reset his feet, handing back everything the roll just won.
  4. Aim around the end of the wall. The new angle opens the far corner past the outside of the wall, which is exactly the part of the goal the keeper has just moved away from.
  5. Shoot directly sometimes. If the routine is the only thing that ever happens from that spot, defences stop respecting the shot and the sell disappears along with the advantage.
  6. Rehearse one routine to automatic. A single routine everybody knows cold is worth more than five that half the team half remembers. Add a second only once the first is genuinely reliable.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Sell the direct strike so the keeper sets for it
  • Roll the ball square to open the angle past the wall
  • Striker attacks the ball and hits it first time
  • Aim around the end of the wall into the far corner
  • Have a planned second action if the routine breaks down

Common mistakes

  • Rolling it too far, letting the wall shift across
  • Striking before the angle has opened
  • No disguise, so the keeper reads the routine early
  • No back-up plan when the first option is shut

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Add a defender who reads and closes the routine
  • Disguise it further with a dummy runner over the ball
  • Vary the side and the finish (curl over or drive around)

Regressions

  • Walk the routine unopposed to groove the timing
  • Remove the keeper and aim at a target in the corner
  • Shorten the roll so the angle is simpler
Equipment
Cones×1
Full Goals×1
Mannequins×3
Tactical principles
worked free kickfree kick routinetraining ground routinebeat the wallset piece routineindirect free kickfree kick drillset piece drillsquare pass free kicku10 set piece drill
Audience
U9-U10

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