Finishing off the Cutback | Timing Runs with Multiple Attackers

Overview

• Middle grades and up in the youth game
• Teams that want to sharpen their finishing
• Players who want to turn wide attacks into actual goals
• Groups where multiple attackers keep mistiming their runs

Objectives

• Build finishing chances off cutbacks from the wide areas
• Get multiple attackers timing their runs together to boost your goal-scoring odds
• Speed up decisions and execution in tight spaces
• Drill home quality finishes — pace and accuracy

Setup

This drill walks your players through the whole sequence: a cutback comes in from the wide area, multiple attackers crash in, and someone finishes.

１）Use a third of the field with 7 players — split into a 4-player attacking team in possession and a 3-player defending team

２）The attacking side plays short passes through midfield, then slides a through ball out to a wide runner

３）The wide player drives toward goal while keeping the ball, then times a cutback

４）Multiple attackers crash in and shoot

５）Run it again and again, tightening up the timing of the runs and the quality of the finish