Soccer: Crossing from Channel Players

Danger zone defending - create defending pressure, in and around your 18 yard box, to test your how your defenders cope!

In part two we up the ante, by building some variety into your players' technique, working on heading control and power!

Position 4 players from each team randomly within the area. Place a goalkeeper in each of the goals.

The white team can score can score in the goals to the left and right of the diagram, while the blue team can score in goals at either the top or the bottom of the diagram.

You can choose to make the goals 5 yards wide and play with no goalkeepers in a 6 v 6 within the area.

Place 5 discs with soccer balls on them on each end line.

Play 6 v 6 in the area. When the ball rolls out of bounds, it should be rolled in underhand by a player. The object is to score by knocking one of the balls off a disc on your teams attacking end line.

Played across a half pitch.

The red team have a player outside the dotted lines - to promote the use of width.

The blue team must play inside the middle channel, and score between either of their two smaller goals.

Position 3 players who link arms or hold hands on the goal line.

Play 3 v 3 until coach shouts, "Change!" then the chain breaks and the team previously out on the field becomes the chain in goal.

The original chain players now become field players.

3 players from each team form a human chain by linking arms or holding hands.

These players are stationed on the goal line in front of a goal approximately 8 yards wide. The team in possession must attempt to score past the human chain defending the opposing goal.

Goals and saves are each worth 1 point(players in the chain are not allowed to use their hands to defend the goal and must control the ball within 5 yards to score).