Defending against a short corner (1)
At any corner kick, being alert is crucial for defenders as forward or attacking players manoeuvre around – as we have suggested in the previous exercises.
Each defender has to be ready to spot the danger or nearest threat to goal. So initially if two attacking players are set to play a quick short pass or a corner kick then two defenders should be ready to block the route to goal (as in figure 1)
So as (A) and (B) take the short corner, (X1) and (X2) (defenders) (starting 10 yards away) move in to tackle.
If only ONE defender (X1) goes out then (A) can pass to (B), who touches it back to (A), then makes an angle away from the defender (X1)
(A) then runs the ball at (X1), who has to commit himself, then the easy pass puts (B) clear to cause a threat a goal as in figure 2
