1-to-1 First Touch Wall Work

Objective

• -Take a directional first touch under time pressure
• -Repeat hundreds of quality contacts alone
• -Improve scanning before the ball arrives

Setup

1. 1Rebound board or solid wall with a cone gate five yards away.
2. 2Two colour cones behind the player as touch targets.
3. 3One ball, spare ball to the side.

How to play

1. 1Player passes into the board and controls the return into a named cone.
2. 2Coach calls the colour as the ball rebounds so the touch is a decision.
3. 3Twenty reps each side, then two-touch tempo rounds.

Progressions

• +One touch return passes
• +Add a turn before the next touch

Regressions

• -Coach serves by hand
• -Remove the colour call

Variations

• -Thigh and chest controls from a lofted feed
• -Timed personal best challenge

Common mistakes

• -Stopping the ball dead under the body
• -Square body shape with no vision
• -Passing too softly to get a rebound