The Long Throw (attacking) With Supporting Players
The long throw can be especially dangerous when it comes with a not too high trajectory: - i.e. opposed to a looped throw.
It can be even more effective when the attacking side have a player who is a good header of the ball, and can head or flick on the ball across the opposing penalty area for other members of the attacking side to run on to (see diagram 1)
Diagram (1)
Attacker (B) moves to meet the throw-in from (A), and his job is to move the ball on across the front of the goal where (C), (D), (E) and (F) are ready to pounce. The timing of their movement is crucial and it is the combination of the long throw and the supporting attackers that will bring any success.
