1-to-1 Passing & Receiving Wall Work

Objective

• -High volume of passes and first touches alone or in a pair
• -Accurate passing weight over short distances
• -Comfortable receiving on both sides

Setup

1. 1Rebound board or wall with two cones as a target gate.
2. 2Player starts 8 yards from the board.
3. 3Two balls so work never stops.

How to play

1. 1Fifty two-touch passes: receive, set, pass back into the board.
2. 2Twenty-five one-touch passes each foot.
3. 3Finish with 60 seconds of maximum accurate passes.

Progressions

• +Add a turn between each pass
• +Move further from the board

Regressions

• -Shorten the distance
• -Allow three touches

Variations

• -Weak foot only round
• -Pair version passing through each other

Common mistakes

• -Toe-poking the pass
• -Standing square when receiving
• -Letting the ball die under the feet