Wide play stretches defenses and creates chances. These crossing drills train wingers and fullbacks to deliver quality balls from wide areas - and attackers to time their runs and finish them. Work on early crosses, cutbacks and attacking the near and far post.
4v4 With 5 Goals Inside the 18 is a soccer finishing drill for U11–U16 that crams every box skill into one chaotic game: crosses, headers, volleys, near- and far-post runs, and composure in traffic.
The Attacking the End Line Crossing Game is a soccer crossing drill for U12–U16 that isolates wide players in their own channel and makes their delivery the only way to score.
Flighted Balls in the 18 is a soccer finishing drill that puts three key skills together: the chipped serve, the aerial first touch, and the shot.
The Defensive Overlapping Drill is a pattern-play exercise that gets fullbacks running forward into the attack.
Cross and Finish Under Pressure recreates the game's real crossing picture: a winger racing a recovering defender to the ball, and a striker finishing with a marker on their back.
Wingers win games by beating their fullback, and this soccer attacking drill for U12–U16 players isolates exactly that duel.
This soccer crossing drill for U11–U16 teams trains the full package: the delivery, the runs, and the finish.
This crossing and finishing drill packs a full attacking move into one repeatable pattern: a short build-up, a ball released into the corner, and two forwards arriving at the posts on time.
Goals from crosses come down to two things: the quality of the delivery and the timing of the runs.
This soccer crossing drill chains a dummy, a one-touch layoff, a first-time cross, and timed runs to the near and far post into one flowing pattern.