Finishing
Continuous Rebound Recycle Finishing
React to rebounds and second-ball chances
Finishing
Shooting
Goalkeeping
React to rebounds and second-ball chances. Set up the area, follow the steps and use the coaching points below.
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Shooting
Goalkeeping
Skill Practice
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Full Squad
Rebound Boards
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Repetition
Age
Under 8 to Adults
Duration
16 min
Players
3-14
Area / pitch size
30 x 26 yards
Difficulty
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Equipment
Balls, Cones, Full Goals, Rebound Boards
Coaching focus
React to rebounds and second-ball chances
Objective
- -React to rebounds and second-ball chances
- -Finish quickly from scrappy situations
- -Keep going until the ball is dead
Setup
- 1A rebound board angled beside the penalty area in a 30 x 26 yards area.
- 2Load a ball at each starting station so the next rep can begin immediately.
- 3Balls at the start cone, rebound board, keeper in goal.
How to play
- 1Player strikes the board and attacks the rebound at pace.
- 2The finish must be taken inside three seconds of the rebound.
- 3Any loose ball stays live until it leaves the area.
- 4As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
- 5Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.
Coaching points
- -Anticipate where the rebound will fall
- -Get the shot away early
- -Follow every strike in
- -Reset fast — the value is in the volume of good reps
Progressions
- +Add a second ball into the rotation
- +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful
Regressions
- -Pause 15 seconds between reps to reset positions
- -Simplify the area or the service until success returns
Variations
- -Split into two competing halves and compare block totals
- -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch
Common mistakes
- -Watching the first shot instead of reacting
- -Giving up on loose balls
- -Long queues while balls are collected
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