First Touch

Combination Rebound Wall Touch

Repeat high-volume first touch reps

First Touch
Receiving
Ball Mastery

Combination Rebound Wall Touch is a 12-minute first touch drill for 1-8 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, 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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First Touch
Receiving
Ball Mastery
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Small Group
Rebound Boards
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Combination Play

Duration

12 min

Players

1-8

Pitch size

18 x 14 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Combination Rebound Wall Touch12318 x 14 yards

Combination Rebound Wall Touch — Marked area · 18 x 14 yards

Step 1 of 5Player strikes the board and controls the return with a named surface.

  1. 1. Player strikes the board and controls the return with a named surface.
  2. 2. Every fifth rep the return must be controlled and turned away from the board.
  3. 3. Alternate feet each set.
  4. 4. The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
  5. 5. A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Dashed lines = zones / thirds
  • Ball
  • Rebound board
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Repeat high-volume first touch reps
  • -Control returns arriving at different heights and speeds
  • -Work solo or one-to-one with a coach

Setup

  1. 1A rebound board with a working zone marked in front of it in a 18 x 14 yards area.
  2. 2Add a neutral bounce player on each side line inside a marked yard-wide channel.
  3. 3Two balls per player and a rebound board.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Player strikes the board and controls the return with a named surface.
  2. 2Every fifth rep the return must be controlled and turned away from the board.
  3. 3Alternate feet each set.
  4. 4The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
  5. 5A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.

Coaching points

  • -Cushion the ball into the direction you want to travel
  • -Set the feet before the ball returns
  • -Both feet get equal reps
  • -Third player movement — the pass is set up by the run before it

Common mistakes

  • -Letting the ball bounce twice
  • -Standing too close to the board
  • -Two players combining over and over while the third stands still

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