Crossing & Finishing Waves

Quality deliveries married to disciplined box movement — near-post and far-post runs that never occupy the same space.

Full-width final third with a goal and GK. Wingers wide left and right with balls; pairs of runners queue centrally 25 yards out.

1. The first pair sprints toward the box as the winger attacks the byline.
2. One runner bends to the near post, the other holds for the far post / cutback.
3. The winger picks a delivery: driven near, floated far, or cutback.
4. Finish, clear the box, next pair goes on the opposite wing. Rotate wingers regularly.

• Runs cross or split — never two players in one zone.
• Near-post run goes ACROSS the defender's front, attacking the ball's flight.
• Far-post runner stays patient beyond the back stick — tap-ins live there.
• Wingers: head up before the cross; pick the run, don't just sling it in.

• Both runners drift to the same post — freeze the wave and re-show the split.
• Runs finish flat-footed waiting for the ball — arrive moving; the timing comes from delaying the start, not slowing the run.
• Crosses are hit into the GK's hands by default — drive it across the six-yard line or pull it back.

• Add one then two defenders in the box.
• A midfield arrival makes a third wave for the edge-of-box cutback.
• Limit wingers to two touches before delivery.

• Stationary crosses from a standing start.
• No GK; aim for marked zones.
• Walk the run patterns first.

• One runner near post, one far post — every wave.