First Touch

Two-Touch Rebound Wall Touch

Repeat high-volume first touch reps

First Touch

Receiving

Ball Mastery

Two-Touch 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

Two Touch

Duration

12 min

Players

1-8

Pitch size

14 x 10 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Two-Touch Rebound Wall Touch — Marked area · 14 x 10 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. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.

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

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.

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.
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.