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Players work on crossing and finishing
  • Attacking
  • 11 - 18

Crossing and finishing warm up

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Written by Alex McLeish

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This is a warm up to get players used to playing the ball wide and creating space for the wingers and the full-backs to cross into the strikers who must finish past the goalkeeper.

Coaching Objectives

Attacking play with build up play on the wing.

Wingers and full backs combination play.

Try to pass forward to keep play going forward.

Crosses should be played in the space between the goalkeeper and the defending players.

Crosses should be along the ground in this warm up.

Movement of strikers to cover front and back posts key to success.

 

Drill Setup

  • 10 Mins
  • 9 Players
  • 1 Goals
  • Half Pitch y

What the Players Do

You need to use 2 mannequins set up as defensive full-backs 25 yards from goal and a supply of balls with coaches on the half way line. The centre midfielders receive the ball and play a pass…

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