Crossing
Finishing Overlap Delivery
Create crossing chances with an overlap
Crossing
Attacking
Finishing
Finishing Overlap Delivery 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. 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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Goals Needed
Duration
20 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
44 x 34 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Finishing Overlap Delivery — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 44 x 34 yards
Step 1 of 5Winger receives, drives inside and sets for the overlapping runner.
- 1. Winger receives, drives inside and sets for the overlapping runner.
- 2. The overlapping player delivers first time or after one touch.
- 3. Two attackers arrive at near post and penalty spot.
- 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.
- 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 crossing chances with an overlap
- -Deliver quality balls from wide areas
- -Coach the timing of the run outside
Setup
- 1A wide channel with an overlapping start cone behind it in a 44 x 34 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 the winger's cone, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Winger receives, drives inside and sets for the overlapping runner.
- 2The overlapping player delivers first time or after one touch.
- 3Two attackers arrive at near post and penalty spot.
- 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
- -Set the ball into the runner's path
- -Cross past the first defender
- -Runners attack, don't stand
- -Head up before the strike — pick the side, then commit
Common mistakes
- -Overlap run too early
- -Crossing straight to the keeper
- -Rushing the shot and leaning back over the ball
Where this drill fits
- More football crossing drills
- More football attacking drills
- More football finishing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme