First Touch

Rebound Board First Touch: Scan and Cue

Get high volume touches with a rebound board

First Touch
Receiving
Passing
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Rebound Board First Touch: Scan and Cue is a 12-minute first touch drill for 1-12 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
Passing
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Rebound Boards
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Scanning
Decision Making
Awareness

Duration

12 min

Players

1-12

Pitch size

12 x 8 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Objectives

  • -Get high volume touches with a rebound board
  • -Control a fast returning ball
  • -Work both feet

Setup

  1. 1Rebound board set on a flat surface with a working line five yards away.
  2. 2Cones mark left, centre and right receiving positions.
  3. 3Balls stacked behind the working line.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Play into the board, control the rebound and reset.
  2. 2Rotate through inside, outside and sole controls.
  3. 3Twenty reps per set, three sets.
  4. 4The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.

Coaching points

  • -Set the feet before the rebound arrives
  • -Cushion the ball into the next action
  • -Vary pass weight to change the rebound speed
  • -Scan over the shoulder as the ball travels
  • -Head up early so the picture is taken pre-touch

Common mistakes

  • -Feet planted flat
  • -Controlling under the body
  • -Same surface every rep

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