Continuous crossing

Why use it

This fast-paced session helps teams experiment with angles and different heights of crosses. The crossers are unopposed, so they can concentrate on the technique.

Set up

Mark out an area relative to the age and stage of your players, including a crossing zone. You need four teams of two players and a server. Goalkeepers are optional. You also need balls, bibs, cones and goals.

How to play

The server plays the ball to the attacking pair, who must get the ball to the crossing zone, for a cross into the two attackers. After the attack, the team defends, and the previous defenders break out to attack the other end. 

Coaching points

• We’re looking for accuracy on the cross, along with different angles, heights and speeds of cross to encourage different runs. 
• Arriving in the box at the right time is important for the session to work – if the attackers are waiting for the player to cross before they run, it will be easily defended.