Set Pieces
Corner routines, free-kick designs, throw-in tactics and defensive organisation — how set pieces became a weapon of their own.
Corners
Corner Kick Routines: How Set-Piece Coaches Design Goals
Blocks, screens and decoy runs — the modern corner is choreographed like a dance. Inside the craft of the set-piece coach.
2026-08-11
Short Corners: Why Teams Stopped Crossing Every Ball
The crowd groans when the corner goes short — the analysts do not. The logic behind football's most unpopular set-piece choice.
2026-08-07Free Kicks
Free Kick Tactics: Direct Shots, Layoffs and Decoy Runs
Not every free kick near the box should be shot at goal. The geometry of walls, layoffs and the rehearsed routines behind them.
2026-08-10Defending
Defending Set Pieces: Zonal, Man-Marking or Hybrid?
Every coach has a religion on corners: zonal, man-to-man or a mix. What each system protects, what it risks, and why hybrids won.
2026-08-09Throw-Ins
Throw-In Tactics: The Most Underrated Restart in Football
Liverpool hired a coach just for throw-ins — and it worked. Why the humblest restart is a set piece hiding in plain sight.
2026-08-08