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.

Try to receive with an open body to allow you to play off one or two touches Try to receive with different parts of your body

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.

Score More From Crosses | Attacking Soccer Drills

Build up play from the back gives teams the opportunity to use wingers to exploit width where they can dribble down the wing and play crosses into the penalty area for your attackers to latch onto. Use this drill to get players scoring more goals.

Coaching Objectives

Technique

Crossing, shooting, creating space, creativity, speed, losing marker, winning 1v1s

Skills

Support, teamwork, communication, possession, passing and receiving

Drill Setup

35 Mins
10 Players
2 Goals
3 sets 3 colours Bibs
36 x 44 y

What the Players Do

Use an area the same size as back to back penalty areas with goals at each end. Set up with attackers A and B, wingers in the channel and goalkeepers. The first pair of attackers A go from the half…

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