Attacking
Attacking Crossing Game: Restart Realism
Create and finish crossing chances
Attacking
Crossing
Finishing
Attacking Crossing Game: Restart Realism is a 20-minute attacking drill for 10-20 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs, 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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Crossing
Finishing
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Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Set Pieces
Game Realistic
Organisation
Duration
20 min
Players
10-20
Pitch size
50 x 40 yards with wide channels
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Objectives
- -Create and finish crossing chances
- -Use the wide channels
- -Attack the box with numbers
Setup
- 1Pitch with five yard wide channels down each side.
- 2One free wide player per team in each channel.
- 3Two full goals with keepers.
Coaching instructions
- 1Goals from a cross count double.
- 2Wide channel players are unopposed.
- 3Five minute games with a short rest.
- 4All restarts are played as in a match — throw-ins, goal kicks and corners rather than a coach ball.
Coaching points
- -Get the ball wide early when the middle is blocked
- -Attack near post, penalty spot and back post
- -Deliver first time when the runners are moving
- -Shape up quickly on every restart
- -Talk to organise before the ball is live
Common mistakes
- -Nobody attacking the far post
- -Crossing with no one in the box
- -Wide players taking too many touches