Attacking free kicks: scoring more from both direct & indirect free kicks (Course)

About this course Direct free kick goals have halved in a generation, and not because players got worse at striking a ball. Teams stopped shooting from the wrong places. Inside 25 metres and central, the shot is on. Beyond that the numbers fall away fast, and the free kick becomes a pass. This course gives you a map of five free kick locations, a decision for each one, a job for every player, and six routines you can pick from depending on whether your squad has a taker, a target in the air, or neither. What you'll learn 1. Where the free kick is decides what you doThe five zones on the pitch and what each is for, from the shooting zone to the deep free kick that makes up most of the ones you're actually given. Why distance and angle decide the shot, with the numbers behind the rule. The two laws that shape everything: the metre from the wall since 2019, and the fact that offside applies at free kicks even though it doesn't at corners. 2. Roles, from the taker to the reboundWho stands over the ball to disguise the plan, who runs, who blocks, who waits where the rebound drops and who stays back for the counter. Four ways to strike a direct free kick and which one suits your taker's foot and the distance. How to choose a taker for the season on evidence rather than on one goal in October. 3. Routines that beat the wallSix routines grouped by location: two shooting routines that move the ball sideways before the strike so the wall is in the wrong place, two central deliveries for when the shot is off, and two wide routines, one for a squad with aerial targets and one without. Quick restarts, the triggers that tell you which routine is on, and how to call it without telling the defence anything. 4. Adapt to your squad and rehearseWhat to do without a specialist taker, and how to build one over a season. What changes when nobody wins a header. How the plan shrinks at 9v9 and 7v7. And a quarter of an hour a week using drills that train your attack and your defence at the same time. ➡️ Launch Course

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