Corner

Pitch: Penalty area with goal and goalkeeper; the players are set up as shown in the graphic.

Equipment: 1 goal and several balls.

Players: Six attackers and eight defenders, plus a goalkeeper. The attackers stand as follows:

• Player A at the near corner in the goal area, to flick on short balls.
• Player B in front of the goalkeeper to cause disruption and to wait for handling errors.
• Player C at the far corner on the edge of the penalty area, to finish off long balls.
• Players D and E in the penalty area level with the near and the far post, for headers and shots on goal.
• Player F about 25 metres out, centrally in front of the goal, to finish off balls that are only cleared a short distance.

The defenders are positioned according to the type of marking chosen.

• The corners are taken alternately from the right and from the left.
• The corner is taken on a signal — for example arm up for long, arm down for short.
• For the short corner the player at the penalty area moves towards the taker, receives a ground pass and lays the ball off first time.
• This is followed by a long cross to Player C or E.