Football: Heading in pairs

Improve your team's crossing game - From defensive clearances to scoring goals - working on all positions from defence to attack!

1 ball between two players. One player feeds and catches the ball, while the other player heads the ball back to the player throwing.

The player must head the ball back to the feeder's hands.

However, both players should be moving at all times - firstly the feeder should walk forwards, but when they reach the baseline players change direction.

The player with the ball feeds it anti-clockwise to the second player's head for them to head to the third player in the triangle.

The third player now feeds the ball to the first player for them to head to the second player's hands.

1 ball between two players.

One player feeds the ball using a looping throw to their partner's head.

The receiving player heads the ball back into the other player's hands who then catches the ball.

Players are split into two teams and line up behind the red cone at their end. One blue player starts in the middle between the two middle cones. They are the goalkeeper.

To start the drill the coach feeds a lofted throw to the red player to advance onto and try to head between the cones. The blue keeper tries to stop the ball and can use any part of their body to do so.

After they have headed the ball the goalkeeping player joins the back of the opposite line and the red player (who just had the attacking header) becomes the new keeper between the cones.