Set-and-Finish 9s

Obj: The striker's link-then-arrive chains — hold-up, layoff, and the spin into the box that follows: the 9 as combination hub AND finisher in one sequence (A-24 + G-16 fused; 10.8's complete picture). Field: Final third, goal + GK. Equip: Goal, balls, cones, bibs, mannequin CB → live. Org: The chain drilled then lived: vertical into the 9's feet (D-22's honest pace), his SET to the arriving 8/10 (B-21's craft at the box's edge), then the 9's immediate SPIN into the box for the return, the cutback, or the second ball (the link who leaves — defenders who survived the hold-up lose him at the spin, G-16's check-spin closing the loop). Live phase 4v3+GK: chain goals triple; the 9's non-chain goals still count (the hub is a role, not a cage). Service quality graded with the chain (the vertical's pace makes or kills everything — B-17's weight lab at the sharp end). CP: (1) Set-and-GO is one word (B-21's inherited law — the watching 9 is a finished 9); (2) the spin's direction reads the CB's lean (pinned left = spin right — A-24's physics with the box as the prize); (3) arriving mates shoot OR return first-time (the 9's spin deserves an answer — chemistry obligations run both ways). Prog: Two CBs live (the spin vs. cover — the real war); chain variations (set to the winger, spin far-post — G-05's arrival). Reg: Mannequin CB; walk-through chains. Mist: P: the 9 linking without spinning (half the chain — the triple-score targets the whole); C: casting only the 9 (every attacker learns the hub role — position literacy, 10.9's cross-training). Time: 15 min. Out: Link-spin-finish chains fluent; the 9's goal-share from chains tracked; service pace honest. Var: Transition version (the chain as the counter's spine — F-11's vertical finding this exact picture). Diag: Vertical into the 9's held-up feet with the CB pinned, set arrow to the arriving 8, the 9's spin run curving into the box, return/cutback meeting him, chain numbered 1-2-3.