Keep your arms out at all times when dribbling around defenders. You can use them to brush past players, improve your balance, and keep players farther away from you. Good balance will help you cut quickly in any direction while retaining control of the ball. Land on the front of your feet every step, whether you are dribbling forward with your laces or cutting across your body using an inside touch.

It is important to make sure when the players are attacking their body is positioned so they are balanced and facing the goal ready to receive and when shooting the supporting foot should be next to the ball and players should not be leaning back when they shoot. Encourage players to get shots off early Play with head up - Check GKs positioning before getting shot off Encourage players to be creative with their finishing

Try to play one touch but when a bad pass is made players can us an extra touch or control with the help of the other foot. The speed of pass will effect the receiving of the ball, too hard and it will be harder to control with one pass, too soft and the drill will be too slow.

Crossing and finishing warm up | Attacking Soccer Drills

This is a warm up to get players used to playing the ball wide and creating space for the wingers and the full-backs to cross into the strikers who must finish past the goalkeeper.

Coaching Objectives

Attacking play with build up play on the wing.

Wingers and full backs combination play.

Try to pass forward to keep play going forward.

Crosses should be played in the space between the goalkeeper and the defending players.

Crosses should be along the ground in this warm up.

Movement of strikers to cover front and back posts key to success.

Drill Setup

10 Mins
9 Players
1 Goals
Half Pitch y

What the Players Do

You need to use 2 mannequins set up as defensive full-backs 25 yards from goal and a supply of balls with coaches on the half way line. The centre midfielders receive the ball and play a pass…

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