Passing

Rebound Board Wall Pass Combinations

Use the board as a permanent wall player

Passing
Possession
Attacking
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Rebound Board Wall Pass Combinations is a 12-minute passing drill for 4-18 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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Passing
Possession
Attacking
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Beginner
Intermediate
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Rebound Boards
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Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable

Duration

12 min

Players

4-18

Pitch size

25 x 15 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Rebound Board Wall Pass CombinationsAD12325 x 15 yards

Rebound Board Wall Pass Combinations — 1v1 channel — beat your player and cross the line · 25 x 15 yards

Step 1 of 3Player dribbles forward, plays into board one and takes the return.

  1. 1. Player dribbles forward, plays into board one and takes the return.
  2. 2. Repeat off board two then finish through the far gate.
  3. 3. Time the run and try to beat the group best.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Dashed lines = scoring lines
  • Ball
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Blue = attacker, dark = defender, queues outside the channel
  • Rebound board
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Use the board as a permanent wall player
  • -Combine at speed and move forward
  • -Improve passing weight and angles

Setup

  1. 1Two rebound boards along one side of a channel.
  2. 2Start gate at one end, finish gate at the other.
  3. 3Balls at the start gate.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Player dribbles forward, plays into board one and takes the return.
  2. 2Repeat off board two then finish through the far gate.
  3. 3Time the run and try to beat the group best.

Coaching points

  • -Angle the pass so the return runs into your path
  • -Accelerate off the return, don't wait for it
  • -Use the outside foot to keep momentum
  • -Correct weight of pass every time

Common mistakes

  • -Passing square so the return goes behind
  • -Slowing down after each pass
  • -Only using the strong foot

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