Dribbling
Wide Take-On To Cross: 1-to-1 Session
Beat a full-back in a wide area
Dribbling
Crossing
Attacking
Wide Take-On To Cross: 1-to-1 Session is a 18-minute dribbling drill for 1-2 players, suitable for Under 9 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.
Back to drill libraryDribbling
Crossing
Attacking
Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
1-to-1
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Individual Development
Small Group
Duration
18 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
Half pitch, wide channel
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Wide Take-On To Cross: 1-to-1 Session — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Half pitch, wide channel
Step 1 of 4Winger receives, takes on the full-back and crosses.
- 1. Winger receives, takes on the full-back and crosses.
- 2. Two attackers attack near post and penalty spot.
- 3. Alternate sides each repetition.
- 4. Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built 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
- -Beat a full-back in a wide area
- -Deliver after the take-on
- -Time the runs into the box
Setup
- 1Mark a wide channel from halfway to the byline on each side.
- 2Full goal with a keeper, two runners waiting centrally.
- 3Winger and full-back start level in the channel.
Coaching instructions
- 1Winger receives, takes on the full-back and crosses.
- 2Two attackers attack near post and penalty spot.
- 3Alternate sides each repetition.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Attack the full-back at pace
- -Go outside then inside to unbalance them
- -Cross the moment the space opens
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Dribbling into a dead end at the corner flag
- -Crossing with no runners ready
- -Slow, predictable approach