Crossing
Early Cross Practice: Weak Foot Only
Deliver before reaching the byline
Crossing
Attacking
Finishing
Early Cross Practice: Weak Foot Only is a 14-minute crossing drill for 5-16 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
Weak Foot
Technique
Individual Development
Duration
14 min
Players
5-16
Pitch size
Half pitch
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Early Cross Practice: Weak Foot Only — Crossing and finishing — wide delivery into the box · Half pitch
Step 1 of 4Wide player must cross from inside the early zone.
- 1. Wide player must cross from inside the early zone.
- 2. Runners attack the space behind the imaginary back line.
- 3. Six reps each side.
- 4. Every touch, pass and finish must be with the weaker foot.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- Dashed lines = wide crossing channels
- Ball
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Deliver before reaching the byline
- -Attack the space behind the defence
- -Recognise when the early ball is on
Setup
- 1Crossing zone marked between halfway and the edge of the box on each flank.
- 2Two runners starting centrally.
- 3Keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Wide player must cross from inside the early zone.
- 2Runners attack the space behind the imaginary back line.
- 3Six reps each side.
- 4Every touch, pass and finish must be with the weaker foot.
Coaching points
- -Look up before the delivery to see the runs
- -Bend the ball away from the keeper
- -Runners start behind the ball then sprint beyond
- -Plant foot pointed at the target
- -Slow the action down to keep quality high
Common mistakes
- -Taking an extra touch and losing the moment
- -Runners starting ahead of the ball
- -Flat, driven ball with no shape