Wide play (crossing & finishing)

Detailed sessions and drills focusing on crossing and general wide play. The drills and activities here look at specifics like technical crossing ability as well decision making and understanding when to cross and when to take on the full back.

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Roy Hodgson

Attacking combinations

Run this session and develop patterns of attacking play and movement that will create space in wide areas and goal scoring opportunities in and around the penalty box.

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Alex Ferguson

Attacking wing play and shooting

This session is about attacking from three different positions and is something that offers versatility in the final third, which is always essential.

James Marrs

Wide play

This session is all about exploiting the opposition in wide areas in order to gain the opportunity to either cross or shoot at goal. Our games have a ...

Steven Gerrard

Creativity in the final third

This session is designed to help a team’s creativity in the final third. It looks to provide opportunities for the players to create goal-scoring ch...

Frankie McAvoy

Wide attacking in a 3-5-2 formation

This session is based on attacking at pace with wing backs in the wide areas of the pitch. It’s all about getting the wing backs into good attacking...

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José Mourinho

Phil Brown

Finishing with realism

This is a shooting and crossing session for a front three, generating shots from the edge of the penalty box, just inside the box and from crosses. It...

Keith Boanas

Wide dribbling and crossing

This session was designed through an analysis of player needs and it helps to create more positivity in attacking areas. It is aimed at encouraging th...

Roy Hodgson

Developing inside forwards

This session is all about working on opportunities for wide players to receive the ball infield – it helps them to understand how and when to come i...

Chris Hughton

Wide attacking runs and crosses

This training session encourages players to make attacking runs in wide areas of the pitch leading to crosses into the penalty area. The session is p...

Walter Smith

Striker movement from a cross

This session is all about the movement that strikers make when attacking a cross. Defenders take up specific positions when the ball goes to wider are...

Steve Cotterill

Crossing and finishing

This session is primarily about good quality crossing and finishing, but it also works on players making well-timed runs and improving the quality of ...

Mark Robins

Attacking crosses in a 4-3-3

This session focuses on attacking crosses when playing in a 4-3-3 formation and looks at what happens when the centre forward drops deep to link the g...

Keith Curle

Crossing and finishing with combination play

This session is about how quick and measured combination play – in midfield and wide areas – using short and long passing as well as overlaps and ...

Gary Bowyer

Crossing and finishing from wide areas

This session is about crossing and finishing from wide areas, and is one we’ll perform up to three times a week because in Jordan Rhodes and Rudy Ge...

Jonathan Woodgate

Crossing & finishing

This session is aimed at giving attacking players plenty of opportunities to make front post and back post runs and finish with a side-footed shot fro...

Peter Taylor

Crossing and scoring areas

This session covers crossing areas in the final third of the pitch, and isolates the key need for attackers – to instantly know which areas should b...

Sammy Mcllroy

Crosses from danger zones

This session looks at crossing the ball into the penalty area from advanced positions, also known as danger zones. These areas are crucial in the game...

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Roy Hodgson

Dario Gradi

Play around the box

This session looks at attacking play around the box, movement within the box and delivery into it. It’s not unique but it is important for attacking...

Brian McDermott

Variable crossing and finishing practice

The principles of quick, positive and clever attacking and defending processes are the same at any level. That’s why we’ll run this session exactl...

David Unsworth

Wide players and shape

This session is about wide players making quick, dynamic, well-timed runs, so as to create goalscoring opportunities. It’s important to practise th...

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Wide play (crossing & finishing)

Roy Hodgson

Attacking combinations

Alex Ferguson

Attacking wing play and shooting

James Marrs

Wide play

Steven Gerrard

Creativity in the final third

Frankie McAvoy

Wide attacking in a 3-5-2 formation

Phil Brown

Finishing with realism

Keith Boanas

Wide dribbling and crossing

Roy Hodgson

Developing inside forwards

Chris Hughton

Wide attacking runs and crosses

Walter Smith

Striker movement from a cross

Steve Cotterill

Crossing and finishing

Mark Robins

Attacking crosses in a 4-3-3

Keith Curle

Crossing and finishing with combination play

Gary Bowyer

Crossing and finishing from wide areas

Jonathan Woodgate

Crossing & finishing

Peter Taylor

Crossing and scoring areas

Sammy Mcllroy

Crosses from danger zones

Dario Gradi

Play around the box

Brian McDermott

Variable crossing and finishing practice

David Unsworth

Wide players and shape

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