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Attacking Throw-In Routine

Score from a worked attacking throw-in. Throw short to feet, receive and open up to deliver a cross, and attack the delivery to finish before the defence sets.

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Duration
10 min
Total drill time
Players
4
Recommended
Pitch
46 × 36 m
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
Medium
Physical demand
Age band
U11-U12
Any format

Setup & instructions

From an attacking-third throw-in, the thrower plays short to a teammate checking to feet, who opens up and crosses for the striker to attack and finish. Emphasise the quick, worked routine to catch the defence organising, and the timing of the run onto the cross. Vary the delivery. Rotate the roles.

Setup time: 1 min

Tactical breakdown

Somewhere between thirty and forty throw-ins happen in a football match, which makes them the most frequent restart in the game by a distance, and almost no team below professional level rehearses a single one. Compare that to the time spent on corners, of which there might be eight, and the neglect is obvious.

In the final third a throw-in has one property nothing else has: there is no offside. A team can put runners as deep as they like behind a defensive line and receive the ball there legally, which is a permanent structural advantage most sides never use.

The basic version drilled here is worth more than any elaborate routine. The throw goes short and firm to the feet of a player checking towards the ball, which is the pass most likely to be completed. He opens his body on the receive so he is facing the pitch rather than the touchline, and delivers into the box before the defence has finished reorganising, because they have been watching the ball rather than their runners.

The detail that decides completion is the check. A static receiver is marked and the throw is contested. A receiver who moves away and then comes back sharply arrives at the ball with a yard, and a yard is all a throw-in needs.

The thrower is a player too, and the most common waste is a long throw to a crowded area when a short one to a free man was available and safe.

How to run this drill

  1. Throw to feet, short and firm. The highest completion option by a distance. Long throws into contested areas look ambitious and turn possession over far more often than they create chances.
  2. Receiver checks away, then comes back. A static target is marked. Moving away and returning sharply buys the yard that makes the throw safe, and a yard is all a throw-in needs.
  3. Open the body on the receive. Take the first touch facing the pitch rather than the touchline. A receiver square to the thrower can only give it straight back to him.
  4. Deliver before the defence resets. Cross first time or after one touch. Defenders at a throw-in are watching the ball rather than their runners, and that lapse lasts only a second or two.
  5. Use the absence of offside. There is no offside from a throw-in. Runners can start behind the last defender legally, which is a structural advantage almost no team below the top level uses.
  6. Rehearse two options and a signal. One short to feet and one over the top, called by the thrower. Two rehearsed options beat a repertoire nobody remembers under pressure.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Throw to feet, quick and to the checking man
  • Receiver opens the body to deliver first time or after a touch
  • Cross into the danger area, away from the keeper
  • Striker times the run to attack the delivery
  • Be quick: catch the defence still organising

Common mistakes

  • Slow throw, letting the defence set
  • Throwing to a marked player
  • Poor delivery too close to the keeper
  • Striker's run mistimed for the cross

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Add defenders to mark the box
  • Long throw as an alternative option
  • Combine with a short one-two before the cross

Regressions

  • Walk the routine unopposed first
  • Serve the cross from a fixed spot
  • Slower to groove the timing
Equipment
Cones×1
Full Goals×1
Tactical principles
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Audience
U11-U12

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