What is Throw-in?
[[File:DusanSvento6.JPG|thumb|Dusan Svento ([[F.C. Red Bull Salzburg]] ) doing a throw-in]] [[File:Rory Delap free throw.jpg|thumb|Rory Delap making a long throw-in]] A '''throw-in''' in [[football (soccer)]] is when the ball has come off the opposite team, the other team picks that ball up and throws it in and the game continues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Throw-In in Football {{!}} History and Rules of the Throw In {{!}} Football-Stadiums.co.uk|url=https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/throw-in/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.football-stadiums.co.uk}}</ref> ==Rules<ref>{{Cite web|last=Association|first=The Football|title=Law 15 - The Throw In|url=http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/law-15---the-throw-in|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.thefa.com|language=en}}</ref>== *The throw-in is made at the place, where the ball left the field. *The throw in is delivered by the team who has not touched the [[ball]] before he left the field. *The thrower must look to the field of play. *He must stand with both feet on the ground on or [[outside]] the touch line . *He must use both hands to throw the ball from behind and over their head. *You can not score a goal directly after a throw in. *The opposite players must stand at least 2 meters away. *During the throw-in the offside rule is not used.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Rules rule 15 |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/lawsofthegame.html/- |access-date=2017-10-29 |archive-date=2016-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154116/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/lawsofthegame.html/- |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Other facts== *The best way to do a throw in is to throw the ball in an angle of about 30 [[Degree (angle)|degrees]]. Then you can reach the maximum distance.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Release angle for attaining maximum distance in the soccer throw-in|first1=Nicholas P.|last1=Linthorne|first2=David J.|last2=Everett|journal=Sports Biomechanics |date=19 January 2006|volume=5|issue=2|pages=243–260