Wall Rebound Pairs

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Footwork & Agility.

Purpose

Work on sharp reactions if you have a big wall to use.

Difficulty

Basic

Groups of

Balls/grp

Cones

Setup
Pair-up and find 5m of width in front of a wall. Elect a worker (A) and feeder (B) who stands up to 5m from the wall
Step 1
Feeder (B) stands behind (A) and throws the ball into the wall. The rebound must be caught by (A)

Initially make the rebounds relatively simple to catch

(A) protects the landing zone and jumps to catch
Step 2
(A) passes back to (B) and both players hastily return to starting positions
Step 3
Repeat the (B throws rebound, A catches & returns pass) pattern, but as time progresses, increase the difficulty of catching

Throw firm, high-angled passes to make (A) scramble backwards

Throw flat and hard, rebounding directly at (A) for practising sharp hands

Throw short or wide so (A) must lunge for it
Step 4
(A) works for 1 minute. Swap roles and repeat.