Overload Double Wide Crossing

Objective

• -Repeat crossing reps from both sides
• -Vary the type of delivery
• -Keep strikers busy with continuous service

Setup

1. 1Crossing stations on both wings with a finishing box in front of goal in a 48 x 36 yards area.
2. 2Split the group so the attacking side always has one spare player, and park the spare bibs on the halfway cone.
3. 3Balls at both wide stations, keeper in goal.

How to play

1. 1Left side delivers, strikers attack, then right side delivers immediately.
2. 2Wingers alternate between driven, clipped and cut-back deliveries.
3. 3Strikers rotate out after four attacks.
4. 4The spare player joins whichever side has the ball, so the attack always works with a plus-one.
5. 5A goal or completed end action counts double if the spare player touched the ball in the build-up.

Progressions

• +Remove the overload for the last two rounds
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Give the attack two spare players
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Rotate the spare player every 90 seconds
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Same cross every time
• -Strikers ball-watching between deliveries
• -Spare player standing still instead of offering an angle