Throw in; Deliberately to opponent (hard)

G-Unit-Freestyler · Post 04 Sep 2006, 12:45

Is it legal to throw in, if say the opponent is looking the other way, and I throw it at the back of his head, if non my teammates are free? Just want to make sure be4 I do it in a match

Wiseman_philosopher · Post 04 Sep 2006, 13:26

Why would you want to that??? Make yourself look good or something?

Magicfeet · Post 04 Sep 2006, 13:40

What I think G-Unit Freestyler is wondering, wiseman, is whether it would be legal to deliberately bounce the ball off and opponent (and get the ball back himself) from a throw in, if none of his team mates are unmarked. As a back-up option, perhaps. And perhaps to wind a player up (there's really no need to throw it in the back of his head!

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In answer: It's completely legal, if perhaps a little unsporting and risky. Besides, if you do bounce it off someones head, I'm pretty sure the next time you get the ball you'll be waving goodbye to your kneecaps. Let us know how it turns out.

Wiseman_philosopher · Post 04 Sep 2006, 13:43

Magicfeet wrote:What I think G-Unit Freestyler is wondering, wiseman, is whether it would be legal to deliberately bounce the ball off and opponent (and get the ball back himself) from a throw in, if none of his team mates are unmarked. As a back-up option, perhaps. And perhaps to wind a player up (there's really no need to throw it in the back of his head! )

Well duh.

What I was wondering is why he would want to do that (throw it hard at an opponent to wind them up).

Pokerized · Post 04 Sep 2006, 15:58

One of my teammates did that in a game and the ref game him a yellow card for unsportsmanlike behavior. Granted, this was after about 5 other yellow cards on both sides, so the game was incredibly heated and tense. I'm not sure how legal it would be when the game wasn't so tense. Or maybe the ref was just an idiot (which he was) and made a bad call.

Morgoth · Post 04 Sep 2006, 16:41

Its legal. Ive seen it done in a match and I dont really see why it shouldnt be legal

~Dynamic_Dinamo~ · Post 05 Sep 2006, 00:08

I've seen it done in professional basketball games before.

Croatianblood1 · Post 05 Sep 2006, 00:14

~Dynamic_Dinamo~ wrote:I've seen it done in professional basketball games before.

Yeah so have i. The player does it when nobody on his/her team is open.

Futbolstud · Post 06 Sep 2006, 00:18

yea it may be legal in bball but not soccerthat counts as striking and is cautionable offense i know this because i just got my license

gnarlyjim · Post 10 Sep 2006, 15:54

I disagree. Many times in a game, a player will kick the ball off another player and get his team a throw-in, and it is totally legal. Saying that throwing it off an opponent is just complicating certain situations, hence, there is no rule stateing that you can not throw it off your opponent. Now, if you throw the ball with one arm, as hard as you can at his/her face, you will be risking a card.

Futbolstud · Post 11 Sep 2006, 01:56

we discused it in class its one of the 7 cuationable offenses and it goes down under striking

englishplayer · Post 11 Dec 2006, 02:27

I think it will depend on how you do it. I think you could away with it if weren't obvious about it. If you look like your clearly aiming for the back of someones head while their turned and you just launch it at him then most likely you will be called for it. If you do it so that it doesn't seem so obvious then you would probably be able to get away with it. I know that you can get off by just kicking it off of the other team because I have done this many times before.

fir_nev · Post 15 Dec 2006, 17:36

Legal.. but up to the ref's decision.

englishplayer · Post 18 Dec 2006, 03:16

I personally would not do this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0aDcqAhgo

zizou · Post 17 Feb 2007, 14:22

you can download the official rules at www.fifa.com and check there... sorry i don't have the time to check myself