Crossing football drills

Deliver a quality first-time cross. Shape the body to the moving ball, whip it in without a touch, keep it away from the keeper, and time the striker's run to the early delivery.

Control and finish. Time the run to the spot, take a clean first touch to set the ball, and finish composed, before adding the first-time volley.

Beat him and cross. Take the full-back on 1v1, get to the byline, and whip in a quality cross for the striker to finish.

Beat a 2v2 to cross. With no overload, combine sharply and time the overlap to get to the byline and deliver a quality cross for the finish.

Attack from wide with tiny numbers: beat your marker down the channel, deliver a quality cross and finish it.

Score from wide areas: switch the play, get down the channel, deliver a quality cross and attack it to finish.

Create and exploit a 2v1 in wide areas. Winger: draw the defender in before releasing the overlap. Fullback: time the run to arrive in behind. Striker: attack the back post late and finish the delivery.

Deliver quality crosses from the byline and time runs into the box: near post, penalty spot, and far post arriving as the ball does.

Groove the cutback and late run. Pull it back to the edge, and the midfielder times the run to arrive and strike into the mini-goal.

Pull it back to the edge for the late runner. Winger to the byline, cut it to the D, and the midfielder arrives late to strike it first time.

Whip the in-swinger and flick it into the mini-goal. Curl it in toward the near post, and flick it on into the target.

Whip it in toward goal, and flick it on at the near post. The in-swinger curls toward the keeper, and the attacker gets across at the near post to flick it in.

Whip it away from the keeper and beat the marker. The out-swinger drops onto the spot, and the striker times his run past the defender to finish first-time.

Work the overlap and beat the marker to finish. Sharp pattern to the byline, quality cross, and the striker attacks it to beat the recovering defender.

Work the overlap and finish. Build to the winger, hold and release the overlapping full-back, drive to the byline, cross, and the striker finishes.

Whip an accurate cross into the zone from the set ball. Focus on the plant foot, the contact and the flight, hitting the target every rep.

Deliver every cross into the zone. Drive to the byline and whip an accurate, well-weighted cross into the marked target area.

Head it back, and beat the marker to finish. The back-post man knocks it back, and the second man times his run past the defender to finish first-time.