Crossing
Overlap & Cross
Create a crossing opportunity with an overlap
Crossing
Attacking
Finishing
Overlap & Cross is a 20-minute crossing drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, bibs. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Wide Play
Combination Play
Duration
20 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
Half pitch
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Overlap & Cross — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Half pitch
Step 1 of 3Winger receives, full back overlaps and takes the pass to cross.
- 1. Winger receives, full back overlaps and takes the pass to cross.
- 2. Three attackers hit near post, penalty spot and back post.
- 3. Alternate flanks, ten crosses per side.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach serving, S = second server
- Ball
- Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Keeper distributes back to the server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Create a crossing opportunity with an overlap
- -Deliver quality into the danger zones
- -Attack the box with three runners
Setup
- 1Full goal with a keeper.
- 2Winger and full back combination on each flank.
- 3Three attackers waiting centrally.
Coaching instructions
- 1Winger receives, full back overlaps and takes the pass to cross.
- 2Three attackers hit near post, penalty spot and back post.
- 3Alternate flanks, ten crosses per side.
Coaching points
- -Overlapping run is timed and at speed
- -Cross in front of the keeper, away from their reach
- -Runners attack the ball, don't stand and watch
- -Vary between driven low and clipped crosses
Common mistakes
- -Crossing straight to the keeper
- -All three attackers occupying the same space
- -Overlap made too early and offside