In this case it might be necessary to use the area around the big toe for kicking the football in order to keep it in play. There are two main types of cross in football, these are, the near post ball and the far post ball. Crosses at the near post should usually have a flat trajectory. The object is that an attacker runs in front of the defenders to head the ball into the goal. The far post fall needs a higher trajectory, so that the ball goes over the defense to an attacker jumping for the ball at the far post.
Shorter players tend to prefer near post crosses, and taller players far post crosses.
Soccer Academy , our football coaching software contains soccer drills, high quality vidoe demonstrations, aniamtions and illustrations for anyone wanting to know more about the tachniques, tactics and training methods of modern football. It even has sections on sport pyschology and nutrition. In this soccer drill, the player must dribble through the cones, and cross the ball to players running to either the near or far post. Copyright Mastersport Multimedia, 2000-2001 .