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Oriented first touch against a rebounder

Automate the first touch that opens the body and moves the ball away, with high repetition and no need for a server.

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Load

minutes
6
Intensity
Low
Sets and reps
3 × 10

Microcycle days it fits

MD+1, MD+2, MD-4, MD-3, MD-2, MD-1

Each bar’s height is that day’s dive ceiling.

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
0
outfield player
0

Space: 10 × 10 m

Equipment: Balls, Cones, Rebounder

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

2 steps

The goalkeeper passes into a rebounder (or wall) and controls the return with a first touch oriented to the right or left cone. Continuous repetition, no opposition, no passing target.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • The body opens before the ball arrives — waiting for the ball to orient has already cost half a second.
  • The first touch moves the ball far enough that the second is a pass, not another control.
  • Inside of the foot for a precise short touch; outside for a faster touch further away.
  • Head up between touches: the scanning habit is trained here, even with nothing to see.

Progressions

  1. Alternate direction with no pattern, removing anticipation.
  2. Require outside-of-the-foot touches, technically harder and faster.
  3. Add simulated pressure, moving on to the receive-and-turn exercise.

Regressions

  1. Always fix the same direction.
  2. Move the rebounder closer, reducing return speed.

Sources · 2

  1. BookVaggelis Lappas, «Goalkeeper Training Methodology»
  2. CurriculumRegulamento do Curso UEFA de Treinadores de Guarda-Redes «B», Federação Portuguesa de Futebol