I am one of those guilty ones who thought throw ins are simply throwing the ball from behind the head, until i played in a proper league games this year. It's crazy, even when in your mind you know when to release, and what to avoid, you still cant help but do foul throws during match. Ball cant release too soon, cant release too slow, cant loop, cant be downwards, cant spin it etc.

In a normal game, especially in Malaysia where there's no proper referee looking over you, you wont realize you made a mistake coz other players also not too sure about that as well. But in Australia where i played in the South Australia Amateur Soccer League, there's proper referee registered, and my oh my....i try to avoid taking throws myself.

To be honest, some of the short throws by the players, even in EPL, looks like a foul to me. I think because for them, it's the least of their worry and referee wouldn't be too bothered with those coz they have much more important fouls to look out for. But in amateur or semi-professional leagues, dei....give away so many possesion due to foul throws

Indeed, not easy to do.

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Added on November 30, 2010, 7:02 pmOur team gave away soooooo many foul throws especially in the first few games of the season, out coach asks us to do training drills involving throw ins as well

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Nov 30 2010, 07:02 PM

coz im studying overseas

well the football league here have many tiers, and the ones i played in are quite low actually hehe...our team is basically the uni team, and most of our members are overseas students, half from Malaysia/Singapore and the rest are either locals or Europeans. We cant match the other teams on strength and size, i mean...i jump to try to head the ball still cant beat their centre back so we rely on good passing and speed and tired out the older farts in the second half.

But i guess playing against tougher opponents who wouldnt hesitate in giving you a run for your money does make u develop. I mean...in Malaysia i wouldnt have to worry of a 100kg, 1.8m defender coming in and barge me

To be honest, we do have a disadvantage in terms of size and strength. However my friends and I, none of which are as tough as the locals, need to play smart. If u ate jostling with the ball most probably u will be pushed aside. So gotta play smart by playing through them, not against them. The easier way is to play simple passing game.

Height wise, I think a Malaysian defender of 185cm tall may be around. Other than that, I think it's better for us to play on the ground football. But another important thing: the local lad, or in fact the whole population, needs to adopt the gymming mentality generally speaking, the population is divided into either "Kurus" or "gemuk" gotta buff up if u need to compete, not Malik Noor buff la, but enough to at least challenge in strength.