Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Crossing warm-up (Start Time: 2020-06-25 18:15:00)

Crossing warm-up (20 mins)

Set up:

2 cones 5 meters apart just 2 meters outside the big area

Instructions:

Finishing activity

Striker or strikers and the midfielders are split in team of two. Player (1) pass the football to player (2). Player (2) then do a diagonal long ball to the left winger. The winger controls the football and he is ready to cross the ball. Player (2) attacks the football to the first post and the player (1) attacks the ball to the second post. Aim for those two players is to score or hit the target. When action is done the two players return back to starting position. Moreover, the next two players are performing the same activity from the other direction. Once the action is done the first player that did the long ball pass the ball to any of the two players, player then set the ball back and the player tries to score or have a shot on target. We need positivity from this activity so players must to understand that they have to build their confidence and the same time their concentration.

Long ball activity:

Two centre halves are standing 20 meters apart and they doing some long balls

Two full backs doing the same activity

After 3 minutes full backs can swap with the two wingers just to perform a souple of crosses

Duration: 5-6 minutes