Learn the 1st basic dribbling technique. Dribble with your laces keeping the ball close to your foot and try to keep you head up. Move in a straight line up the pitch and return working on the other foot.
Drive at the defenders feet at an angle with a laces dribble. Fake inside and then explode out an deliver a cross. Key element is the fake and exploding out giving you the time to whip in that cross.