Crossing
Two-Touch Overlap Delivery
Create crossing chances with an overlap
Crossing
Attacking
Finishing
Two-Touch Overlap Delivery is a 18-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
Two Touch
Duration
18 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
40 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
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 40 x 30 yards area.
- 2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
- 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.
- 4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
- 5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.
Coaching points
- -Set the ball into the runner's path
- -Cross past the first defender
- -Runners attack, don't stand
- -First touch out of the feet and into the direction of the next pass
Common mistakes
- -Overlap run too early
- -Crossing straight to the keeper
- -Taking a settling touch that kills the tempo
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