Attacking soccer drill

Follow this soccer drill to get your attackers using fancy footwork to create space with their backs to goal.

It's one thing having skills, but you need to use tactics in matches that allow your players to exploit those skills.

A good tip to help them do this is to practise clever crossover runs that create space and time with a quick movement to send the defenders the wrong way.

Set up a drill

In an area approx 20 x 25m (you can start outside the penalty box and use a full-size goal), two attackers play against one defender and a goalkeeper.

The first attacker passes the ball forward to the second attacker, who controls it and dribbles across the face of the defender. The first attacker follows his pass.

The second attacker can either stop the ball and sprint away, leaving it for the first attacker to cross over behind, or use quick feet to con the defender before moving off in the opposite direction.

Try two or three different ways to get the second attacker using skills to move the ball in such a way that the defenders think it is going in a different direction to the one the player moves off in.

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