Proper training is how you win your first game, but proper recovery is how you win the next one.
In a professional setting, it makes a huge difference whether you are playing at 98% or 94% of your full capacity. The difference may seem small, but taking 2-3 more runs than your opponent during a match can lead to one more goal scored, or one less goal conceded.
Belgian club KAA Gent uses multiple m-station rebounders in its daily training routines, but not just to improve the players’ technical skills.
Physical Coach Stijn Matthys elaborates on how the m-station is used for recovery as well:
– We often use the m-station in our recovery sessions. The day after a game we train in two different groups. The players who started the game participate in a recovery session, the substitute players and the players who didn’t play receive a conditioning stimulus.
The staff at KAA Gent employs m-station rebounders during individual recovery sessions when each player gets to use his own m-station. These training sessions involve ankle and knee stabilization exercises as well as some general core exercises.
Using the m-station as a tool to make recovery sessions interesting
According to Stijn, recovery should be addressed in the first training session after a game. There are boring ways of practicing recovery and there are fun ways of doing so.
– We consider the day after a game the ideal time for active recovery. This can be achieved through low intensity aerobic activity, such as jogging or cycling/spinning. Players often complain about being bored during these sessions.
That is why we often choose an active recovery session with the ball, which emphasizes technique and fun. Therefore, the m-station is very useful to us, as can be seen in the video. Players are often unaware they are engaged in low intensity running. Especially when adding a competition, such as counting the number of bounces on the m-station without touching the ground, players seem to enjoy these recovery sessions more than the aerobic running sessions.
If you have any questions about the KAA Gent use case or if you would you like to know more about how you can use the m-station football rebounder please book a call or get in touch with our Marketing Manager, Simon Secher, on simon@muninsports.com.
Christmas Delivery
Need to know dates and information for the festive season.
Contact Us
Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9am – 5pm
E-mail:support@muninsports.com Chat: Find us in the lower right corner of your screen. Phone: +45 51250535
We’ll respond to all enquiries within 24 hours and often within an hour.
2022 Christmas Delivery
The shipping company deliver to Europe from our warehouse in Denmark. To ensure your gifts arrive before Christmas, please check the following delivery times. The following applies on orders placed before 1:00 pm
When you have completed a purchase with muninsports.com you will receive an email order confirmation. Within 24 hours you will receive an email from the shipping company with the tracking number of your package. They will keep you updated on your order, whenever necessary. You will receive an email, if there are any changes in your purchase or delivery date.
You don’t have to be at home, when your delivery arrives. You can leave a note on your front door, stating that you authorise the shipping company to leave the package on the doorstep. REMEMBER to write your tracking number on the note and sign it. You can download an authorisation form (PDF) here.
Extended Returns Policy for the Christmas Season
We’ve decided to extend the deadline for returning Christmas gifts. This means that any purchases made from muninsports.com during the period 1st november – 24th december 2022 can be returned for refund right up until 31st January 2023.
If you want to return a gift purchased online at muninsports.com, you have the option of returning or exchanging it. In order to exchange it, you must have the original receipt and the product must be returned unused and in the same condition, in which you received it.
FourFourTwo Performance: “The Ultimate Training Partner!”
We are proud to announce that the football training experts at FourFourTwo Performance recently labeled the m-station football rebounder as “The Ultimate Training Partner,” while stating that “birthday parties and family barbecues will never be the same again!”
Here’s what the football experts at FourFourTwo Performance wrote:
– Who needs a team of specialist coaches when you can use the training tool favoured by the likes of CR7? Ladies and gentleman say hello to the m-station Talent…
‘The World’s Best Rebounder’ may sound like an basketball legend but it is, in fact, the cutting edge in football training equipment.
Some of the world’s top clubs – Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea among then – already use the Munin M-Station Pro, a finely-tuned rebound net that allows players to measure then improve their technical skills. Now you can too, with the smaller, more affordable, but no less awesome M-Station Talent.
What’s more, the Talent comes with a free MuninPlay app, which we’re reliably informed will transform your smartphone into your own personal football coach, even – get this – barking out encouragement and recreating crowd noise.
By creating a profile you can then set targets and improve your stats by simply placing your device into the cradle behind the net and following your choice of over 100 training drills – each comes with a video demonstration.
Better still, you can compete against your friends and team-mates in person via ‘multi-player’. Birthday parties and family barbecues will never be the same again.
Nor, it seems, will your game, with a recent survey of more than 1,000 M-Station Talent owners in Scandinavia revealing that 98 per cent of kids who have used the revolutionary rebounder have improved their technique. Impressive.
Read the full story from FourFourTwo Performance here
Would you like to know how to use the m-station football rebounder at home or in daily training sessions at club level? E-mail us or use the chat button at the bottom-right corner of the page.
VIDEO: Goalkeeper training with m-station in Arsenal
To have one of the best youth academies in the Premier League you need to have some great facilities.
Implementation of m-station in Training Sessions
Arsenal is currently investing in improving their facilities and one way they have done that is by incorporating m-station by Munin Sports into the training sessions. Carl Laraman is one of the academy coaches at Arsenal’s youth academy and he describes the m-station as:
It is not only the outfield players at Arsenal that enjoy the m-station football rebounder in training. The goalkeepers at the academy make good use of it. The goalkeeping coach at Arsenal’s youth academy, Lee Smelt, is a big fan of using the m-station in training:
– As a goalkeeping coach, the m-station will give the goalkeepers an opportunity to do different sessions, in a different way, give them a different view of things, and I like it. I like the way the ball springs back at different angles.
Would you like to know how to use the m-station football rebounder at home or in daily training sessions at club level? E-mail us or use the chat button at the bottom-right corner of the page.
Munin Sports Gift Vouchers
The perfect gift, instantly delivered via email and ready to be printed for the future football star
Munin Sports Gift Vouchers are a simple and convenient way to give Christmas Gifts from muninsports.com.
How it works
1. Select the Gift Voucher you want
2. Add to basket and pay
3. You will receive the Gift Voucher including the discount code in your email inbox
4. Redeem the Gift Voucher by using the discount code during checkout.
Terms and Conditions
1. This voucher can be redeemed to purchase Munin Sports products online at muninsports.com.
2. Munin Sports gift vouchers cannot be used to purchase additional Munin Sports gift vouchers.
3. Gift vouchers can be redeemed in part, with the remaining balance credited to your Munin Sports Gift Voucher.
4. Gift vouchers must be redeemed within twelve months of purchase.
5. Any balance credited from a part-redeemed voucher must be used in the same currency as the first purchase it is redeemed with.
6. If the order value is greater than the value of the gift voucher, the difference must be paid by credit/debit card or using Paypal
Europe’s Fifth Youngest Lineup & Title Contender: FC Nordsjælland and its use of the m-station
Fielding one of the youngest starting 11s in European football, FC Nordsjælland has achieved much recent success, which has not gone unnoticed. Currently, the club is part of the top flight in the Danish Superliga despite the recent departures of Emre Mor, Marcus Ingvartsen, and Stanislav Lobotka, who collectively transferred for the sum of 20 million Euros.
FCN has an extraordinary focus on youth development, and the club’s starting lineup—which includes a 36-year-old captain—has an average age of just 22.78. The club utilizes the m-station football rebounder as a tool in daily training sessions at both youth and professional level.
Watch Superliga star Marcondes in action with the m-station rebounder here:
Marcondes is particularly satisfied with the flexibility of the rebounder:
– We use the m-station to practice multiple elements of the game. Everything from crosses to regular passes from outside the box and finishes with or without a first touch.
The soon-to-be Brentford player enjoys using the m-station rebounder for technical training because the help of the coaching staff or teammates is not required:
– It is very good for practicing the technical aspects of the game. You can train by yourself while having fun.
Slovakian international Stanislav Lobotka, who recently moved from FCN to Spanish side Celta Vigo, praises the utilisation of the m-station at the FCN training grounds:
– We used the m-station all the time when there was a small break in the play. I primarily used the m-station to improve my first touch; you learn to control the ball better and with greater speed.
Not just designed for technical, attacking players
Although Marcondes (striker) and Lobotka (attacking midfielder) both improve their technical skills using the m-station, the m-station football rebounder also allows players to practice and improve essential goalkeeping and defending skills. Marcondes explains:
– We also use the m-station for defensive purposes. Andreas Skovgaard, Viktor Tranberg, and I have practiced against each other in order to time our movement better on both high and low crosses. I think it’s a very useful device. It also helps us improve headers.
FCN technical director Flemming Pedersen agrees with Marcondes on the m-station’s ability to improve players’ aerial duels and headers:
– The m-station is good for practicing the technical part of the header; you learn to direct your headers.
Pedersen also explains how FCN’s keepers are becoming better at anticipating the movement of the ball by training with the m-station:
– The m-station rebounder is almost always part of goalkeeper training. When the ball hits the rebounder’s surface, it returns at many different angles. This improves the keeper’s ability to estimate the pace of the ball in order to make the best decision as quickly as possible.
Watch how the FCN Superliga goalkeepers rate the m-station:
In short, the m-station provides tons of opportunities for different drills appropriate for all positions on the field. Pedersen is more than satisfied with the rebounder:
– We use the m-station a lot, and the players benefit greatly from it.
Do you have questions on how to use the m-station football rebounder at home or in daily training sessions at club level? E-mail us or use the chat button at the bottom-right corner of the page.
Improve your aerial first-touch and passing with the m-station rebounder
Get going with the m-station rebounder and practice your touch and passing in the air in one sequence. Find the drills on your MuninPlay app and track your performance to continue improving day by day.
A CONTROLLED TOUCH INTO THE PERFECT PASS
Mid-air passes are not a common sight in official matches, but practicing them is not just about preparing for in-game situations; it is also about feeling comfortable on the ball and understanding its movement in the air. Inevitably, you are going to face bouncing balls during matches that require sublime control.
In order to make the perfect pass from a controlled mid-air touch, use the inside of your foot. As you gradually feel more comfortable, start using your instep. An instep kick is harder to control, but it is significantly more effective.
1. TWO-FOOTED CONTROL
While you probably have a preferred foot, you still have to practice your weak foot. This drill offers a very simple way to practice both feet so you do not mess up a simple pass because you only have one strong foot.
Step 1: Drop the ball at your feet, and after it bounces once (or before it bounces at all), lightly pass it to the rebounder using one foot
Step 2: Allow the ball to bounce off the net
Step 3: Before the ball touches the ground, receive it with the other foot and lightly pass it to the rebounder
Repeat until you can do this in full control. Track your progress in the MuninPlay app to make sure you continue to improve.
Difficulty: 1 out of 3
2. VOLLEY-PASS CONTROL
Striking a half volley is usually easier than hitting a traditional volley, because you understand the ball’s movement better when you see the ball bounce. Use only one foot at a time for this drill, and start with your right foot.
Step 1: Drop the ball and let it bounce once before making a pass to the rebounder with your right foot
Step 2: Allow the ball to bounce off the net and move your feet to prepare to receive the ball
Step 3: Allow the ball to bounce once, and make a right-footed first-time half-volley pass to the rebounder
Repeat until you feel comfortable, and then practice with your left foot.
Difficulty: 2 out of 3
3. INSTEP TOUCH & VOLLEY PASS
This drill is significantly harder than the previous two, but if you get the hang of it, consider yourself technically gifted. It looks similar to drill number 2, but instead of letting the ball bounce in front of you, make an instep first touch and keep the ball in the air. Start with your right foot.
Step 1: Drop the ball at your feet and let it bounce once before making a pass to the rebounder with your right foot
Step 2: Allow the ball to bounce off the net, and before it touches the ground, make a right-footed instep first touch
Step 3: Before the ball touches the ground, make a right-footed half-volley pass to the net
Do not let the ball hit the ground when you get into a rhythm. Switch to your left foot at some point to train both feet. Keep track of your development on the MuninPlay app.
Difficulty: 3 out of 3
If you are looking to practice your aerial first-touch and passing even further, visit our YouTube channel to find more drills.
Improve your dribbling skills with the m-station rebounder
Set up the m-station in your own backyard and become a better dribbler through a few simple drills. Find demonstration videos here or on the MuninPlay app. Improve on your own and surprise your teammates with your newly enhanced skills.
IMPROVING YOUR DRIBBLING SKILLS BY YOURSELF
At one point or another, we have all aspired to be Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, or Lionel Messi because of their ability to beat the defender and score goals. Good dribbling may force the opposition to commit multiple players to you, which ensures free space for at least one of your teammates.
Maintaining balance, keeping the ball close to you, and making rapid changes in direction are key to being a skilled dribbler. It is also important to study your opponent, learn his movements, and adjust to his strengths and weaknesses.
1. BASIC DRIBBLES:
Great dribbling is, in most cases, the result of close control and adequate pace. Messi does not perform fancy tricks, but he executes sudden changes in direction with great pace to beat the defender. Developing excellent control is therefore the first step to improving your dribbling skills. Start with your right foot.
Step 1: Pass the ball to the rebounder, receive it, and make a 180° turn using the inside of your right foot
Step 2: Dribble between the cones using your right foot only
Remember to practice with both feet. Increase the intensity with time, and track your progress with the MuninPlay app.
Difficulty: 1 out of 3
2. OUTSIDE-FOOT DRIBBLE:
This drill allows you to improve your control with the outside of your foot. No one uses the inside or the outside of a foot exclusively, so it is important to practice control with both. Start this drill using your right foot.
Step 1: Pass the ball to the rebounder, receive it, and make a 180° turn using the outside of your right foot
Step 2: Dribble between the cones using the outside of your right foot only
Repeat with your left foot. When you feel comfortable, increase the pace.
Difficulty: 2 out of 3
3. SIDEWAYS SOLE ROLL:
Last but not least, the sideways sole roll. For absolute top control and to keep the ball close to you at all times, use the sole of your boot. It is very difficult to do this at high speed, but in tight areas it can be a nice way to trick defenders. This drill is a great way to take your technical skills to the next level.
Step 1: Pass the ball to the m-station, receive it, and with the outside of your right foot make a 90° turn toward the first cone
Step 2: With your left foot, stop the ball and then drag it toward the next cone (on the opposite side) using the sole of your left foot.
Step 3: Once you reach the next cone, stop the ball with your outside foot and continue on.
The drill itself is easy to understand and practice at lower speeds, but at higher intensity it becomes much more difficult.
Difficulty: 3 out of 3
If you are looking to practice your dribbling skills even further, visit our YouTube channelto find more drills:
Improve your Short-Passing with the m-station rebounder
We have compiled a list of drills to get you off to a great start with the m-station football rebounder by focusing on short-passing skills. Find the drills on the MuninPlay app and turn your yard into a world-class training facility.
THE KEYS TO PERFECTING YOUR SHORT-PASSES
Passing is one of the fundamentals of football. Simply put, football is a team sport and you play like a team by constantly passing the ball. Short-passing is an important skill for any football player, but it is especially important for aspiring midfielders.
To get the best result for short passing drills with the m-station make sure to lock your angle and focus on kicking the ball with the inside of your foot. Remember to train both feet and as with everything else in life; Practice Makes Perfect
1. FIRST-TOUCH PASS – BOTH FEET
No one expects you to be an ambidextrous footballer, but being able to make a simple pass with both feet will always come in handy, especially during games. Through this simple drill, you learn how to to use both feet naturally and effectively.
Step 1: Pass the ball forward with your right foot
Step 2: When the ball returns, use your left foot to immediately pass it back (without taking a first touch)
Step 3: Repeat, making sure never to take a first touch before passing the ball
Push yourself by increasing the speed and intensity.
Difficulty: 1 out of 3
2. FOOTWORK AND FIRST-TOUCH PASS
You cannot expect to make a great pass if you are standing still. Most passes require some footwork, and in order to play the ball with the requisite power, body movement before playing the ball is essential.
This drill is very similar to the first drill, but it includes some footwork.
Step 1: Pass the ball forward with your right foot and immediately shuffle your feet backwards
Step 2: Meet the ball and make a right-footed first-touch pass
Step 3: Repeat, making sure never to take a first touch before passing the ball
Force yourself to pass and move with high intensity, and remember to train both legs.
Difficulty: 1 out of
3. PASS AND MOVE
Passing and movement are football essentials. Improve your ball control and your passing with both feet with this drill.
Step 1: Starting at one set of cones, pass with your right foot and move to the next set of cones
Step 2: Dribble around the outer cone and then cut between the two cones using your right foot
Step 3: Repeat
Remember to practice this drill with both legs.
Difficulty: 1 out of 3
If you are looking to practice your short-passing skills even further, visit our YouTube channel to find more drills:
Improve your goalkeeping reflexes with the m-station rebounder
Get started with the m-station rebounder and become the goalkeeper you always wanted to be. Improve your reflexes as a goalkeeper through these drills to channel your inner Manuel Neuer.
REACH NEXT-LEVEL GOALKEEPING WITH ENHANCED REFLEXES
Goalkeeping takes reflexes, handling, aerial skills, positioning, anticipation, determination, and a large amount of courage. No one masters all these skills, but you should always seek to improve on every single one of them – especially reflexes.
To improve your reflexes, always be on the tip of your toes; it is significantly easier to keep the ball out of the goal if you are always ready to jump or change direction.
A goalkeeper relies heavily on the ability to stop shots. Good positioning is important, but strong reflexes are usually referred to as a keeper’s most critical tool. Immediate reactions are crucial in any competitive game. Start this drill off with your back to the rebounder.
Step 1: With your back to the net, bend over and throw the ball toward the net between your legs
Step 2: Immediately turn around while maintaining your balance and keeping your hands in front of you
Step 3: Catch the ball while trying to keep your body well behind it
Repeat and keep trying to find the perfect balance when you make the turn in Step 2.
Having the right technique for aerial diving and catching can make the difference between a save and a goal. Having the right stance and jumping with the right movement is essential for all goalkeepers.
Start this drill by making a pass to the rebounder. The intensity with which you pass the ball will determine the intensity of this drill.
Step 1: Place your weight on the front of your feet and keep your hands in front of you
Step 2: Allow the ball to bounce off the net and prepare to jump wherever the ball may return
Step 3: Determine where the ball is returning, leap in that direction, and reach for the ball with both hands
Step 4: The foot closest to the ball should point diagonal-forward as you jump
Step 5: Try to move slightly forward as you leap for the ball
Make sure to practice leaping in both directions. Technique is key in this drill. Before you increase the intensity, make sure that you can execute the drill correctly.
Being able to dive and save the ball with proper technique is important not only for winning matches, but also for ensuring your safety. Avoid getting hurt and prevent goals and dangerous rebounds with this drill. Start by playing the ball to the rebounder.
Step 1: Place your weight on the front of your feet and keep your hands in front of you
Step 2: When you dive for the ball, drag the hand closest to the ball along the ground
Step 3: The foot closest to the ball should be facing diagonal-forward
Step 4: Try to move slightly forward as you leap for the ball
Step 5: Punch or tip the ball away, directing it between the goal line and the cone
Make sure to practice stopping shots from different angles.
Difficulty: 2 out of 3
If you are looking to improve your goalkeeping reflexes even further, visit our YouTube channelto find more drills.
