How to Do a Soccer Throw In
Hey guys, Matt here from Epic Soccer Training.
I want to teach you a video that a couple
of you guys were asking for and that's how
to do a soccer throw-in.
OK guys.
I want to take you through the basics of how
to do a soccer throw-in, teach you kind of
what you can do and what you can't do.
So you can get out there and start doing it
correctly.
So again what we want to do is start out balls
in hand.
We will just pretend that this is the sideline
over here.
What you want to do is when you first start
out and you're playing Rec or you're playing
beginner soccer, what you're going to want
to do is put your feet behind the line.
Your heels have to be on the ground so you
can't I'm sorry.
You can move your heels but you can't lift
your feet at all.
So you can't hop or anything like that or
you can't throw the ball like that.
I hope nobody does that.
That would be ridiculous.
So again a lot of times, professionals as
well, they usually have they don't really
care.
So again just ball has to be behind the neck
and it has to be released in front.
OK?
So you can't actually bless you, Chas.
You can't actually have the ball like this
and just kind of throw it forward.
It actually has to be all the way behind your
neck.
So this is an easy one to practice and you
really shouldn't even have to practice this
more than like five times.
But again, so just feet planted.
Arch your back because you want to get power.
A good way that I like to hold the ball, it's
similar to a goalkeeper because I had to teach
goalkeepers how to play a lot.
I'm going to do a video for you goalkeepers
as well.
It's to make a W. So what you want to do,
that's what's going to get the most surface
area.
Really cock back.
Boom!
Release it forward.
Then when you're done doing that, you're going
to probably learn to do where you actually
step and go forward and then drag your foot.
So again what I'm talking about, you can't
lift up your foot.
Actually Chas, can you hop over here for a
second?
If this is a sideline, ignore the goal and
you're coming through like this.
You have to put your foot behind the line
and then you're going to want to throw and
then usually you will drag your foot because
you're going to be getting the reason you
do that is you get momentum.
So you're going to do a little hop and then
drag your foot and then you're off.
That's something you're going to learn in
soccer too is your first step should always
be moving.
When you pass, your first step should be moving.
It's the same with the throw-in.
Again what I like to actually do is to get
even more power.
As I do this, I do kind of like this hop where
I'm running and I'm hopping to get more power.
So again and the reason to do that is it's
kind of torquing your body into momentum.
But when you first start out, you might want
to just run up to the line, throw it, and
then drag your foot.
One thing that you need to learn that I can't
stand when people don't do this is if you're
taking if you're Chas right now, where do
you want the ball?
Where would you want the ball?
Chas: My feet.
Matt: At your feet.
So don't sit there and throw the ball just
anywhere at him.
OK?
A lot of people don't have the wherewithal
to be able to trap and bring it down really
quickly and even if they trap and bring it
down quickly, you're wasting time; and then
the defender is going to be on him.
So maybe throw on like a quick fake which
will move the defender over and then boom,
right at Chas' foot.
See how quickly it is he can trap that?
Very quickly.
So again, that's something that you can do
as well.
So I want to teach you the basics of how to
do a throw-in in soccer again.
Keep your back leg down.
Make sure that if you're moving up forward,
you're dragging it and you're not lifting
it up.
You're going to get called for that unless
you're playing professional and you could
probably just jump in the air and throw it
because they don't really care anyway.
So that's the basics.
So comment, like, subscribe.
Do all that.
Let me know.
Also, I'm going to be filming a video for
those of you that are in the Epic Soccer Training
members area, the guys that got the course
which you can check that out too of how I
went from playing just average, being an average
player to being a game-changing All-American
and professional player as well.
I'm going to do my favorite trick throw-in
for you guys.
It's so awesome.
I love it especially if you're a game-changing
player and you actually want to get the ball
at your feet.
It's a really cool trick that you can do.
It's legal.
So I will show you guys that as well.
So thanks for checking out how to do a soccer
throw-in and I will see you guys in the next
lesson.
