Finishing
Rotation Rebound Recycle Finishing
React to rebounds and second-ball chances
Finishing
Shooting
Goalkeeping
Rotation Rebound Recycle Finishing is a 16-minute finishing drill for 3-14 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, rebound boards. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Rebound Boards
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Rotation
Duration
16 min
Players
3-14
Pitch size
28 x 24 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Rotation Rebound Recycle Finishing — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 28 x 24 yards
Step 1 of 5Player strikes the board and attacks the rebound at pace.
- 1. Player strikes the board and attacks the rebound at pace.
- 2. The finish must be taken inside three seconds of the rebound.
- 3. Any loose ball stays live until it leaves the area.
- 4. Play starts at station one and the ball works round the numbers in order.
- 5. Every player must complete each role once before the round is scored.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- S = server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Rebound board
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -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 28 x 24 yards area.
- 2Number every station so players know exactly where they travel to next.
- 3Balls at the start cone, rebound board, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 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.
- 4Play starts at station one and the ball works round the numbers in order.
- 5Every player must complete each role once before the round is scored.
Coaching points
- -Anticipate where the rebound will fall
- -Get the shot away early
- -Follow every strike in
- -Follow your pass — the movement is part of the practice
Common mistakes
- -Watching the first shot instead of reacting
- -Giving up on loose balls
- -Staying in a favourite role and avoiding the harder one
Where this drill fits
- More football finishing drills
- More football shooting drills
- More football goalkeeping drills
- football drills for U8s
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme