Throw-in

A throw-in is a method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball has exited the side of the field of play.

Procedure

The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line. The throw-in is taken by the opponents of the player who last touched the ball when it crossed the touch-line, either on the ground or in the air. Opposing players may stand at any distance from the thrower but no closer than 2 m (2.2 yd), so long as they are still on the pitch. A player may take a throw in at a distance further back from the touch-line, and, typically, a referee will tolerate small discrepancies between the position where the ball crossed the touch-line and the position of the throw in.

At the moment of delivering the ball, the thrower must face the field of play. He should have part of each foot either on the touch line or on the ground outside the touch line, and use both hands to deliver the ball from behind and over their head from the point where the ball left the field of play.

Throw In

Throw In is a soccergame series which is a PC remake in 3D of the game Kick off 2.

The project was originally started by Gianluca Troiano in cooperation with the Kick Off Association as a remake to the classic Amiga football game Kick Off 2. Several beta versions were released during the first decade of the 21st century and Dino Dini, the programmer behind the Kick Off series praised the result.

In December 2011 The developer announced that they were working on a new game under the working title Throw In 2nd Half. In October 2012 The Fox Software announced that the name of the game would be Active Soccer and that it was released at first for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac OS.

History

Throw In started as a 3D remake of Kick Off 2. The programmer and three times Kick Off 2 World Champion Gianluca Troiano started the project in cooperation with the Kick Off Association in 2004. Several betaversions were released in 2004 and 2005. A transformed version of the game was released in 2006 as Nutella Football Game by the game company Artematica. It was sold in big Italian malls as a promotional gift together with a can of Nutella during the FIFA World Cup 2006. Another transformed version was released as Up Soccer by Artematica.