[talkSAFT]

"It is reported that WBS Tony Pulis is interested in bringing Rory Delap to The Hawthorns in the January Window. The WBA Coach has indicated that the long-throw expert will give a new dimension to Albion's attacking policy which, Pulis said, would shut the moaners up".
















Only kidding!


I was thinking about throw-ins, and the strict technique that the Laws insist on. It's good, imo, because a one-armed effort with one foot off the floor would be too much of a bonus to the throwing side. You could picture that most sides would employ a Harlem Globetrotter to hurl the ball from their own half onto a giant's head for an easy route to goal - so deadly that you'd be afraid to give away a throw-in!
However, I do think the necessary technique is a bit too strict, and wouldn't mind too much if the ref allowed a bit of discretion. (I think 1 or 2  have recently, but so long as it's thrown with 2 hands the Law's a bit too pernickety really).
(I'm just watching the Rugby and their Rules are quite lax).

[meandbrenarebaggies]

Throwing a football for distance; whilst fulfilling the technical restraints, is a matter of technique AND physical ability. At the risk of polishing my own ego, I was reasonably adept
at getting the ball into the six yard box from anywhere about 15 yards short of the halfway
line. I did not have extreme musculature; overlong arms or any other special attributes but
I did have a history of throwing javelins, cricket balls, stones etc and I believe my ability
was built up during a childhood doing this without realizing I was honing a good general
throwing technique. With a football I soon realized I could achieve distance by using one hand to throw with the other gently placed to give the impression of a two handed throw.
The power came from bending the spine backwards and then snapping the trail leg together
with the forward, stationary, leg when the arms were at the highest point of arc. The downside of all this is that in later life you may suffer from a bad back, as I do. For purists,
the thought of getting the ball into the danger area in this manner is anathema but I think
it does add an additional attacking dimension if used sparingly. The ball in my day was
much heavier so I suppose the modern ball lends itself to this tactic as it must be a lot easier
to get distance and a flatter trajectory and hence more difficult to defend.

[talkSAFT]

What a fantastic response from MeandBrenarebionic.