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Crossing & Finishing

Get the ball wide and let your wingers and full-backs whip the ball in for your forwards in the box. The advancing full-back is a growing trend in football and are soon becoming the best crossers of the ball, so work on your whole teams crossing ability to start to really deliver threatening balls into danger areas.

What’s in the Session?

Session focused on penetrating the opposition by encouraging flank players to deliver crosses into the box and provide goal scoring for forwards.
Players will be able to work the ball into flank areas – and deliver a variety of crosses which provide good goal scoring opportunities.
Crossing - type, accuracy, speed, flight of ball, exploiting gaps and spaces, forwards movement.
The session is aimed at players between the ages of U17 – U21.
Skill Practice

To coach and develop players to be able to create goal scoring opportunities from wide areas by crossing the ball into dangerous positions and finishing appropriately.

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