Dribbling
Wide Take-On To Cross: Score Challenge
Beat a full-back in a wide area
Dribbling
Crossing
Attacking
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Wide Take-On To Cross: Score Challenge is a 18-minute dribbling drill for 6-18 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.
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Crossing
Attacking
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Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Competitive
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Repetition
Duration
18 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
Half pitch, wide channel
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Wide Take-On To Cross: Score Challenge — 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 it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.
- 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 it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.
Coaching points
- -Attack the full-back at pace
- -Go outside then inside to unbalance them
- -Cross the moment the space opens
- -Keep quality while the score matters
- -Reset quickly between reps to fit more in
Common mistakes
- -Dribbling into a dead end at the corner flag
- -Crossing with no runners ready
- -Slow, predictable approach