First Touch
Two-Touch Rebound Wall Touch
Repeat high-volume first touch reps
First Touch
Receiving
Ball Mastery
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Repeat high-volume first touch reps. Set up the area, follow the steps and use the coaching points below.
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Receiving
Ball Mastery
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Rebound Boards
Foundation Phase
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Two Touch
Age
Under 5 to Adults
Duration
12 min
Players
1-8
Area / pitch size
14 x 10 yards
Difficulty
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Equipment
Balls, Cones, Rebound Boards
Coaching focus
Repeat high-volume first touch reps
Objective
- -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 14 x 10 yards area.
- 2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
- 3Two balls per player and a rebound board.
How to play
- 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.
- 4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
- 5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.
Coaching points
- -Cushion the ball into the direction you want to travel
- -Set the feet before the ball returns
- -Both feet get equal reps
- -First touch out of the feet and into the direction of the next pass
Progressions
- +Drop the central players to one touch
- +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful
Regressions
- -Allow three touches while the picture is being learned
- -Simplify the area or the service until success returns
Variations
- -Two touches in your own half, free touches in the final third
- -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch
Common mistakes
- -Letting the ball bounce twice
- -Standing too close to the board
- -Taking a settling touch that kills the tempo
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