First Touch

Finishing Rebound Wall Touch

Repeat high-volume first touch reps

First Touch

Receiving

Ball Mastery

Finishing 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

Finishing

Duration

14 min

Players

1-8

Pitch size

18 x 14 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Rebound Wall Touch — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 18 x 14 yards

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

1. Player strikes the board and controls the return with a named surface.
2. Every fifth rep the return must be controlled and turned away from the board.
3. Alternate feet each set.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the server
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

1A rebound board with a working zone marked in front of it in a 18 x 14 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3Two balls per player and a rebound board.

Coaching instructions

1Player strikes the board and controls the return with a named surface.
2Every fifth rep the return must be controlled and turned away from the board.
3Alternate feet each set.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.