Defensive Header Clearance

Objective

Clear aerial balls decisively with the forehead, directing them wide and long.

Equipment

• Balls

Instructions

1. 1

   Server tosses or volleys the ball into the defender's area.

2. 2

   Defender attacks the ball and heads it away — target: clear past a cone 10 yards wide.

3. 3

   10 reps from the left, 10 from the right.

Coaching Points

• ✓ Attack the ball — do not let it drop to you.
• ✓ Strike through the bottom half of the ball to direct it upward and away.
• ✓ Head to the sides, not straight back toward the server.

Variations

• → Add a striker competing for the ball.
• → Serve from a corner to simulate set-piece defending.