Crossing
Finishing Double Wide Crossing
Repeat crossing reps from both sides
Crossing
Finishing
Attacking
Finishing Double Wide Crossing is a 18-minute crossing drill for 6-20 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals. 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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Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Duration
18 min
Players
6-20
Pitch size
48 x 36 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Finishing Double Wide Crossing — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 48 x 36 yards
Step 1 of 6Left side delivers, strikers attack, then right side delivers immediately.
- 1. Left side delivers, strikers attack, then right side delivers immediately.
- 2. Wingers alternate between driven, clipped and cut-back deliveries.
- 3. Strikers rotate out after four attacks.
- 4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
- 6. Rotation: Rotate out after four attacks.
- 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
- -Repeat crossing reps from both sides
- -Vary the type of delivery
- -Keep strikers busy with continuous service
Setup
- 1Crossing stations on both wings with a finishing box in front of goal in a 48 x 36 yards area.
- 2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
- 3Balls at both wide stations, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Left side delivers, strikers attack, then right side delivers immediately.
- 2Wingers alternate between driven, clipped and cut-back deliveries.
- 3Strikers rotate out after four attacks.
- 4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
Coaching points
- -Head up to see the runners before delivering
- -Match the delivery to the run
- -Attack the ball at speed
- -Head up before the strike — pick the side, then commit
Common mistakes
- -Same cross every time
- -Strikers ball-watching between deliveries
- -Rushing the shot and leaning back over the ball
Where this drill fits
- More football crossing drills
- More football finishing drills
- More football attacking drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme