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Reading inswinger and outswinger corners

Adjust the starting position and decision to the corner’s spin — reading inswinger versus outswinger was the library’s least-covered topic, and it completely changes the risk of each ball.

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Load

minutes
14
dives/set
1
Sets and reps
3 × 4
Intensity
Medium

dives per set, per goalkeeper

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MD-3, MD-2

Each bar’s height is that day’s dive ceiling.

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
3

Space: 22 × 16 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal, Bibs

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

Corners struck with spin. The goalkeeper recognises early whether the ball curls toward goal (inswinger) or away (outswinger) and adjusts starting position and the decision to come.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • On the inswinger, start a little more advanced and aggressive: the ball curling toward goal must be attacked early.
  • On the outswinger, start deeper and patient: the ball moves away, and coming early leaves the goal open behind.
  • Read the spin at the striker’s foot and in the first third of flight, not once the ball arrives.
  • The come-or-stay decision follows the spin — it is not the same for the two corner types.

Progressions

  1. Striker picks inswinger or outswinger without warning.
  2. Add more bodies in the box.

Regressions

  1. Inswinger only, predictable spin.
  2. Reduce the number of attackers.

Sources · 2

  1. BookAndy Elleray, «Goalkeeping in Football»
  2. BookLeonhard Zeilinger e Franz Gruber, «The Ultimate Guide to Goalkeeper Training: Develop Motor Skills, Technique, Tactics, and Mindset» (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2025), ISBN 9781782552918