It's some what surprising that more teams don't have someone who can chuck the ball in from a long ways like Rory Delap does for Stoke City. If you've got a player like Delap, every throw in becomes like a corner kick and a potential goal scoring chance. However, many purists of the game feel like players should just throw the ball into a players feet and they can then send the ball in on the cross.
For me, it seems like late in the game it's not a bad strategy, but good teams should be able to get the ball into a player's feet and get a cross off either either way. One thing for sure though, don't think it's fair for Delap to get use of a towel to dry the ball off so he can get a better grip. That's just too much and slows the game down.
Here, against Arsenal, Delap throws the ball in and Stoke City are able to grab a goal.
Here's Delap using a towel to dry the ball off before he throws it in.
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