If your team has good wingers you will be looking to get them wide and putting in some good crosses for your attackers. Crossing the ball requires specific soccer skills and creating opportunities to get crosses in requires certain tactical approaches.
These soccer drills look at how to get your team to score more goals from crosses.
Hitting the ball on the run was one of David Beckham’s biggest assets at Real Madrid. Use this activity to improve the crossing of your players Why use it At Real Madrid Beckham’s ability to cross the ball on the run made life difficult for the opposition defenders. This is one of the harder skills
Arriving in the box in the right place at the right time is a particular strength of the world’s top strikers and attacking midfielders. Use the following soccer coaching tips and drills to get your players to turn crosses into goals and add to the potency of your team's attack.During the soccer drill get your
When you are preparing for matches make sure you organise some crossing and finishing drills during training so that the crossers of the ball are playing to your strengths not your weaknesses.It is very important for you as a coach to play to your strengths.
If you want your players to hone their crossing skills, try this non-stop training game aimed at helping them get the ball into the box at the right time. Why use it The session is a good work out to help teams experiment with angles and different heights of playing a ball into the box
Follow on from coaching basic crossing technique drills and put your players' skills into a match-practice situation. Key soccer coaching tip: move the ball first The technique you need to teach your players for long kicking starts with them pushing the ball to the side, slightly in front of the body. In soccer training drills
Playing to your strengths is a vital skill when you're a soccer coach. You know your players and what they can do better than anyone. Add this soccer drill to your training session to get your wingers using high and low crosses, identifying their team mates' strengths. If you watch soccer from all over the
In this drill, players have a decision to make – they must choose whether to shoot or cross, if sent wide. The build-up is unopposed and involves combinations of play between four players. How to set it up In a 40 yards by 30 yards playing area, you need four cones, a goal, four outfield
If you want your players to hone their crossing skills, try this non-stop game aimed at helping them get the ball into the box at the right time. Why use it The session is a good workout to help teams experiment with angles and different heights of playing a ball into the box from the
Scoring from crosses is something every team needs to practice. Rather than just a “hit and hope”, successful crosses involve skill, timing and teamwork. A cross is like an accurate long pass – it needs to be aimed at a specific area. The end focus of this session is the timing of a run and