Delivering The Early Cross: Training 4/11

Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 03:39PM
akaasa in 0809 Season, Crossing and Finishing, Training

With the scrimmage coming up this afternoon we spent almost the entire training working on our crossing and finishing.  

I. 7v7 Scrimmage to Warm Up

II. Early Cross and Volley Work
We spent almost 45 minutes on our technique.  We divided the girls up into 3 groups 

• One group worked on bending in early crosses.  We used the corner flags as defenders to curve the ball around. 
• One group finished off the crosses
• Another group was with Evan working on volley technique

III. Transition Game
As we continue to expand on our game it is important that we continue to work on our greatest strength, the counter/transition game over large space.  I figure that we will have to use our transitions and counters in the game this afternoon if we are going to be able to score any goals.

IV. 8v8 Scrimmage With The White Team
We mixed up the Blue and White teams to finish off the training with a scrimmage. 

Article originally appeared on Road To Regionals (http://roadtoregionals.com/).