First Touch

Continuous Rebound Wall Touch

Repeat high-volume first touch reps

First Touch
Receiving
Ball Mastery
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Continuous Rebound Wall Touch is a 14-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
Repetition

Duration

14 min

Players

1-8

Pitch size

16 x 12 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Continuous Rebound Wall Touch123C16 x 12 yards

Continuous Rebound Wall Touch — Marked area · 16 x 12 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. As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
  5. 5. Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Dashed lines = zones / thirds
  • Ball
  • Rebound board
  • C = coach / server
  • 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 16 x 12 yards area.
  2. 2Load a ball at each starting station so the next rep can begin immediately.
  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. 4As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
  5. 5Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.

Coaching points

  • -Cushion the ball into the direction you want to travel
  • -Set the feet before the ball returns
  • -Both feet get equal reps
  • -Reset fast — the value is in the volume of good reps

Common mistakes

  • -Letting the ball bounce twice
  • -Standing too close to the board
  • -Long queues while balls are collected

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