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COACHING SESSION: ATTACKING LONG THROW-IN

	1) Red throws the ball long into the near-post. 2) The player at the near post swops position with his team-mate who flicks the ball on. 3) The other players have all made runs to meet the ball and Red positioned near the edge of the area, having feinted to go one way, moves in and successfully glances a header into the goal. LEFT-CLICK image to start animation & REMOVE MOUSE CURSOR from image to return to original image. For an explanation of the various symbols, CLICK HERE. For *Flash* version -

Organisation:
- Half football field + normal size goal. - Personal choice of coach for the n° of attackers to be included and with or without defenders. This session can be organised as above and then practised under normal match conditions.

Variations:
- Try out variations of the throw by implementing different off the ball movements by players in the box, e.g. to all areas of the goal mouth from varying positions. - Try flicking the ball into different positions in the goal mouth.

Tips:
- The thrower should concentrate on the quality of his throwing action - does the ball flight allow the receiver to flick it on ? - Is there plenty of movement, space and options created by the other players ? How is this space exploited ? The coach should encourage his players to make decoy runs and feints where a player pretends to go one way but goes in another direction. Also, one player is positioned to block the keepers route to the ball (and his vision). - Does the thrower get back in the game quickly and offer himself as another option ?

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