Building Up from Defence with Crosses

Setup

Pitch: Seven cones mark the positions; in addition three goals.

Equipment: 3 goals, 7 cones and several balls.

Players: Two centre-backs, a holding midfielder, a midfielder on the wing and a striker; in addition a goalkeeper.

The right centre-back plays a ball to the left centre-back.
The left centre-back hits a long ball over the goals to the striker.
The striker lays the ball off first time to the holding midfielder.
The holding midfielder plays a long pass out to the wing.
The midfielder controls the ball, dribbles to the goal line and crosses to the striker running in.

The centre-back takes the ball forward once in a diagonal direction.
The centre-back looks up from the ball once more.
The centre-back plays the ball to the striker with backspin and without any swerve.
The striker holds the ball up once before playing it on to the holding midfielder.
Before the cross, the striker moves away from the ball and then runs diagonally into the penalty area as the cross comes in.
The holding midfielder plays the ball into the path of the winger.

Technique: Trapping Ball control Passing Shot technique/shooting Goalkeeping techniques

Tactics: Wing play/Crossing Opening the field Transitional play (shifting the game) Games plays