Crossing
If your team has good wingers you will be looking to get them wide and putting in some good crosses for your attackers. Crossing the ball requires specific skills and creating opportunities to get crosses in requires certain tactical approaches. These articles look at how to get your team to score more goals from crosses.
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Crossing and Finishing. Play to Your Strengths
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When you are preparing for matches make sure you practice crossing and finishing during training so that the crossers of the ball are playing to your strengths not your weaknesses.
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Cross the Ball Early When Attacking a Flat Back Four
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You often find with young soccer teams that the defenders are drawn forward when they are on the attack, leaving space behind them for your team to exploit. An early cross is the best way to do it, says David Clarke.
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Try Alternative Kick-Offs to Keep Teams Guessing
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Kick-offs are particularly important in junior soccer because if you’ve just given away a goal, or you are starting the first or second half of a match, you need your players to take the initiative and catch your opponent out, says David Clarke.