The wall is your perfect passing partner, who will always give you exactly the same pass it received.  When you get a great pass back from the wall, you are doing it right!

Considerations

• Focused repetition is key to mastery

  • Take breaks, or change exercises if you start to lose concentration

  • Some days may be harder than others, but then you break through with confidence

• Quality is more important than speed

  • Always try to increase your speed, while maintaining quality

• Progress to more advanced touches after mastering simpler ones

• Always practice with your weaker foot

• Consider the speed of pass, keeping ball flush on the ground, with accuracy

• 15-30 minutes allows for up to 1000 touches!

Wall Work Out Guidance

• Pick a distance from the wall that allows you to hit ball hard enough for it to return to you

• Pay attention to your body shape and balance after striking to ball

• Your plant foot should be right next to the ball, and pointed straight ahead

  • Many younger players do not get plant foot positioning correct

• The foot striking the ball should be locked firm to create a solid surface

• Start with simple 2 touch passing and receiving

  • Master this BEFORE any other wall drills

• Progress to 1 touch after two touches are mastered

• Every player should start each workout with the simple touches

Progressions

• 2 touch, pass and receive

  • Vary the distances from the wall

  • Right and left foot

• 1 touch

  • Vary the distances

  • Right and left foot

• 2 touch

  • Receive inside left pass inside right, receive inside right, pass inside left

  • Receive outside of left pass inside of left, outside right inside of right

  • Receive inside left pass outside left, repeat on right foot

    • Use a cone to maneuver the ball around

    • Move your touch 1-2 yards as though avoiding a defender

• 2 touch 2 walls

  • Passing to wall that is at 90 degrees, or using a partner and a wall

    • Receive inside left pass inside right, receive inside right, pass inside left

    • Receive outside of left pass inside of left, outside right inside of right

    • Receive inside left pass outside left, repeat on right foot

      • Use a cone to maneuver the ball around

      • Move your touch 1-2 yards as though avoiding a defender

•  2 touch, 1 wall, using laces

  • Proper 1st touch angles to allow quick laces strike

  • Ball flush on the ground, with slight back spin

  • Use your left and right foot

• 2 touch, 2 walls (or partner and 1 wall) using laces

  • Proper 1st touch angles to allow quick laces strike

  • Ball flush on the ground, with slight back spin

  • Use your left and right foot

• Passing, turning, dribbling

  • Place cone at 15 yards from wall

  • Strike ball into wall, follow your pass, turn on wall pass back, dribble around the cone, repeat.

    • Use inside and outside of feet for turns

    • Vary the cone distance

    • Increase time, and speed, while maintaining quality.

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