Illegal Throw-ins

[Guest]

From matches I have watched this season, as long as the player has two hands on the ball at last second of the throw (they can bring it up with one hand) and keep both feet "close" to touching the ground, it is legal. I feel kids are throwing much longer because they can twist, spin, jump, to throw. Did the rules change at some point?

[Guest]

There is no rule about twisting your body, or even spinning and never has been. You clearly been taught wrong in the past. The 3 FIFA rules of throw in delivery are below.

• stand facing the field of play
• have part of each foot on the touchline or on the ground outside the touchline
• throw the ball with both hands from behind and over the head from the point where it left the field of play

These rules have not changed since the early 1900s.

[Guest]

You will find some referees call an improper throw if the arms aren’t parallel in the follow through (a twisting motion), but as prior poster shared. It actually is fine.

Dont get me started on referees and drop balls. I haven’t see a correct call all year relative to possession and have had two instances where’d it was kicked it into the goal and referee felt it was a goal (only the opposition touched it). Need some major retraining on this topic at both town and club level.

[Guest]

You will find some referees call an improper throw if the arms aren’t parallel in the follow through (a twisting motion), but as prior poster shared. It actually is fine.

Dont get me started on referees and drop balls. I haven’t see a correct call all year relative to possession and have had two instances where’d it was kicked it into the goal and referee felt it was a goal (only the opposition touched it). Need some major retraining on this topic at both town and club level.

Ball is live once the referee drops it. The ball does not need to be passed, player can dribble. Only two players need to touch the ball before it can be scored.. on either team. Your scenario sounds like the referee did his job just fine. I’ve found parents need to major training on rules before they start yelling from the sideline.

Law 8- IFAB if you are interested
2. Dropped ball

[Guest]

I'm amazed at how many kids, even at older levels and on higher level teams, fail to properly execute a throw in. I get that clubs aren't spending valuable practice time working on throw ins, but I'm still seeing bad throws from kids who are playing in top leagues. And not just occasionally. At that stage, losing possession on a bad throw is inexcusable.

[Guest]

Ball is live once the referee drops it. The ball does not need to be passed, player can dribble. Only two players need to touch the ball before it can be scored.. on either team. Your scenario sounds like the referee did his job just fine. I’ve found parents need to major training on rules before they start yelling from the sideline.

Law 8- IFAB if you are interested
2. Dropped ball

You didn’t listen did you. The ball was dropped it bounced once and basically the kid kicked it into the goal. No second player touched it on either team Please to retrain yourself beginning now.

[ForzaAzzurri]

You didn’t listen did you. The ball was dropped it bounced once and basically the kid kicked it into the goal. No second player touched it on either team Please to retrain yourself beginning now.

I think the problem is with the way you originally worded the scenario. (I'm not the person who replied). You used the word "opposition", which quite frankly is ambiguous (since there are two such entities on the field at any given time). The poster probably assumed (just as I had) that you meant the DEFENDING team ALSO touched the ball. To wit, you wrote "only the opposition touched the ball" which to be honest could imply that after the ball was originally kicked by the person taking the dropped ball, no one else on HIS/HER team touched the ball before going in the (defending team's) goal, but someone on the defending team DID touch it. (If you will, try rereading what you wrote starting with "...it was kicked into the goal..." and you might appreciate the misinterpretation of the scenario). Furthermore, as referees (especially) we are going to assume that the person taking the dropped ball (and someone DOES need to be identified per the rules, since everyone else needs to be 4.5 yards away) will have kicked the ball since the ball cannot be put into play until it is touched...in other words, that person taking the dropped ball touching the ball was a given.

That said, in short, a dropped ball is essentially like an indirect free kick ONCE the person making the initial touch releases it or otherwise no longer has possession -- someone else (either team!) has to touch it before a goal can be scored, including in his/her own goal.

[Guest]

You didn’t listen did you. The ball was dropped it bounced once and basically the kid kicked it into the goal. No second player touched it on either team Please to retrain yourself beginning now.

You said “only the opposition touched it”. This implied it was touched by the other team once the ball was played by the possessing team. If by “opposition” you meant the team you weren’t rooting for then my bad…how could I possibly know that. Grab a whistle and learn the rules, we need referees and parents like yourself would benefit from working a center.

[Guest]

You said “only the opposition touched it”. This implied it was touched by the other team once the ball was played by the possessing team. If by “opposition” you meant the team you weren’t rooting for then my bad…how could I possibly know that. Grab a whistle and learn the rules, we need referees and parents like yourself would benefit from working a center.

I did my time at referee. Someone needs to coach.