The long throw-in boom

The share of long throw-ins into the penalty area has risen sharply at this World Cup. And two-thirds of teams are using them ...
The New York Times

Why England head coach Tuchel is right to target long throws as an attacking weapon

Many stylistic trends often come back into fashion. We have had the return of the vinyl. Baggy jeans have been revived from the 1990s. Everyone seems to love Jurassic Park again. In football, The ...
The New York Times

Long throws, long delays. Does something need to be done?

Michael Kayode dries the ball before a throw-in Alex Pantling/Getty Images Long throws are the hot new thing. Well, sort of. They are not really that new, and whether they are hot or not is a matter ...
Yahoo! Sports

Rugby kickoffs, long throws and big No. 9s: How Premier League teams have gone back to basics

Turns out Thomas Tuchel was right. The soccer season was only a few weeks old when the England coach expressed his belief that old-school tactics were back in vogue. Long throw-ins. Long clearances by ...
Newsday

'The long throw-in is back': Tuchel ready for England to use old-fashioned tactics for World Cup bid

LONDON — Long throw-ins. Long balls from the goalkeeper. Crosses into the box. All of these old-school options are on the table for Thomas Tuchel, with the England coach ready to go back to basics to ...
Yahoo! Sports

I became a long-throw master after ‘hypnosis’ training

The long throw is back in fashion in the Premier League, where most teams have decided that hurling the ball into the penalty box is once again a valid method of attack. In the English top flight, ...