Crossing and Finishing Showdown

To help you players combine passes that will lead to goal scoring opportunities from wide areas

• 10 soccer balls (5 per team)
• Half an 11vs 11 pitch
• 10 players
• 1 goalkeeper
• 4 cones

Player 1 will start with the ball and play a pass into player 2 who will set the ball to player 3.

Player 3 will play a through ball to player 1 who has made a run down the line.

Player 1 will then cross the ball to player 4.

Player rotation:

• Player 1 > player 2
• Player 2 > Player 3
• Player 3 > player 4
• Player 4 > player 5
• Player 5 > player 1

Each team has 5 attempts to score as many goals as possible with the winning team scoring the most goals

• Keep passing to one-touch often as possible to keep the speed in the attack
• Communicate with the wide player as to where you want the cross delivered
• The striker must make decoys runs before taking their shot

• How can you increase the speed of the attack?
• How will the wide player know where to cross the ball?
• How can you lose your defender?