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It’s Jared Montz former pro and founder
of OnlineSoccerAcademy.com.
Today we are learning when to cross the football
soccer ball.
Soccer Kicks.
This OSA video is a high level video mainly
geared for soccer wingers.
It can of course be applied to players in
any soccer positions that find themselves
crossing the ball.
Soccer midfielder, forwards, full backs…
just saying!
Description: Youth Soccer Drills.
The timing of when you cross a soccer ball
is very important.
If you wait to long your soccer sports teammates
will have miss timed their runs and we don't
want that!
Big shout out to your OSA soccer player Kevin
Schneider.
I gave Kevin "in person" private training
a while back doing this exact soccer exercise
and after improving so much Kevin went on
to get a bunch of assists in his tournament
that weekend!
Everyone say Little Dap and congrats Kevin
in the comments!
Kevin is a Believe in it® Athlete!
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First we will set up the exercise and then
we will go over the key points.
Soccer Players.
Equipment Needed: Soccer Football
You will need a few soccer balls, a goal,
a partner and a lot of cones of two different
colors.
If you don't have a lot of the soccer equipment
then make due the best you can with what you
have.
Soccer World.
Exercise Player Can Do: Soccer Drills.
How to cross a soccer ball.
Make a line of white cones a few yards ahead
of the 6 yard box line; this would be like
8 yards from goal.
How to Soccer.
Along the 18 yard box make a line of white
cones.
These white cones represent your defensive
lines.
Place two orange cones in front of the white
cones.
These white cones should be goal side of the
orange cones.
The orange cones represent your forwards.
On the right wing set up a few white cones
like so; these cones should be out wide and
about 35 yards from the goal line.
Set up a start cone, a defender cone and then
a few cones showing the direction you want
to take a touch and accelerate past.
If you are a lefty then set this up on the
left side.
The 8 yard white cone line represents the
goalie area.
Soccer drills for kids.
In this video we are assuming the goalie will
not come out past the 8 yard line when you
whip in your cross.
The white cone line on the 18 yard box represents
the defensive back line.
Soccer Training.
For this exercise you will be crossing between
the white cone lines.
This is the space you want your forwards to
run in to once you cross it.
Soccer kick.
Here is how this will work.
You will dribble slowly at your defender cone,
take a big touch past the defender, as you
accelerate forward get your head up, bend
in your cross in the space between your white
cones and your partner runs onto the ball
and takes a shot.
Soccer Video.
The partner who is forward doesn't run to
early, wait until the winger crosses the ball.
Now lets break down the key points.
Soccer training drills.
Key Points: Soccer Skills
1.
Cross the ball early!
Soccer Crossing.
Once you accelerate past your defender get
your head up, see the space and cross the
ball into it.
Most players take a 2nd or 3rd touch here
prior to crossing.
This causes the space between the defenders
and the goalie to decrease giving your forwards
less space to run into.
This decreases the chances of you getting
an assist and your team scoring.
What if my forwards don't know I'm crossing
it early?
Good question.
That's okay if they don't know.
The best soccer players can put the ball where
they want their teammates to go.
I assure you, once your teammate sees the
ball played into space behind the defenders
they will have a natural instinct to run to
it.
2.
Cross the ball on the ground or in air but
have bend on it.
By making it bend it keeps the ball from going
straight at the goalie.
3.
Cross the ball behind defenders.
How to Play Midfield.
We want defenders chasing your forwards!
When a defender is chasing a forward towards
their own goal that is not a position they
want to be in.
If you cross the ball in front of the defenders
when they are goal side on your forward it's
more easy for them to defend and run on to
it.
Soccer practice drills.
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4.
A forward running onto a ball has a better
chance of scoring because they have momentum
behind them.
If you play the ball behind the forward and
they have to back up for it, they won't have
forward momentum and this causes them to not
get a shot off with power.
Time for the exercise.
With your partner have one of you be forward
and one of you be the crosser.
Do 5-10 reps then switch with your partner.
Repeat and do this unit you feel you are mastering
it.
If you don't have a partner then be the crosser
and just imagine you have forwards running
into space.
Do the best you can with what you have around.
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What Player Could Be Doing Wrong: Soccer Coach.
Some things that could be going wrong.
Coaching Soccer.
If the ball you are crossing is going towards
the goalie then you are not curving it.
Make sure to bend the ball when crossing.
For tips on bending watch our Online Soccer
Academy video titled "How to Bend a Soccer
Ball".
Soccer midfielder tips.
If you are playing your cross behind your
forwards then you are trying to cross the
ball to them.
How to kick a soccer ball.
Don't cross the ball to the forwards at their
feet, cross the ball into the space in front
of them and let them run on to it.
Bonus Tips!
For tips on dribbling like a winger watch
our OSA video titled "How to Dribble like
a Winger".
There are many different times during a game
on when to cross it.
This is just one time and one idea.
Don't think this is the only time to cross
the ball in a game.
Do what the game shows you.
If it's on to cross early, cross early.
If your forwards aren't in position then take
another touch.
You make the choice when you are on the field.
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