Sunday, January 20, 2013

Corner Kicks: Offense

Come up with several different plays to run on corner kicks. This will allow your team to take advantage of every opportunity. If you play the same one more than a couple times, the other team will catch on, and steal the ball. Some of my favorite corner kicks are the following:
  1. Crowd the Goalie: This corner kick has all players crowd around the goalie, so they cannot see where the ball is coming in. This is effective when you are playing against a short goalie. The players also have the option to disperse once the ball is kicked.
  2. Run On: Have all players start at the top of the eighteen yard box, then when the player taking the corner kick raises their hand, everyone runs into the area.
  3. Stations: Assign each player a spot inside the eighteen and  have the player taking the corner place the ball on another player's head.
Corner kicks are essential in winning a soccer game. It helps if you give each play a different name, one that is unique to that team. For example, one of my teams corner kick name was "Honey Badger", it was unique to our team.

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