Corner Clearance to Outside Break — First Defender Delays the Wide Counter
A corner-transition exercise where the clearance does not travel centrally. The defending team breaks through an outside lane and the attacking team's nearest rest-defender must delay rather than dive in.
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Organization
Set up an attacking corner into a full-size goal with goalkeeper and two mini-goals near halfway in the wide channels. On a defensive clearance into either side, two or three defenders counter wide while three attacking rest-defenders recover.
Coaching Points
Nearest defender delays the outside ball carrier | Recovery players sprint inside the ball line | Do not all chase toward the touchline | Countering team uses width to escape the corner area | Goalkeeper communicates the side of the counter
Progressions
- Allow an extra counter runner to join through the opposite channel.
Regressions
- Start the counter from a controlled wide pass rather than a live clearance.
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