Kick-ins could be the new Throw-ins

Agent Coulson

Arsene Wenger has propsed that throw-in's be replaced by kick-in's and IFAB have agreed to trail it.

Kick-ins could replace throw-ins, after football’s lawmakers agreed to authorise trials of the idea.

The argument for a kick-in is that it can be completed more quickly than a throw-in and would speed up the process of returning the ball to the field of play. The Dutch second division has expressed interest in trying it out and the International Football Association Board (Ifab) gave the go-ahead after its AGM on Monday.

Arsène Wenger, Fifa’s head of global football development, has previously come out in favour of trying a kick-in. Suggesting that the game needed to speed up to preserve the attention of younger generations, last year Wenger said: “There are two big time-wasters at the moment, that is throw-ins and free-kicks, and a little bit goal-kicks as well because when you play out now in the box.

“The target is to make the game more spectacular and quicker, and maybe with throw-ins you could play with your feet, but in a limit of five seconds for example, things like that.”............

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jun/13/kick-ins-throw-ins-football-concussion-substitutes-ifab

Agent Coulson

Also being trialed

Ifab made its announcement alongside a series of other measures, including trials of a “fairer calculation of playing time”, which could include the introduction of a “stop clock” whereby time is paused whenever the ball is not in play. It comes after data showed the ball was in play for only 55 minutes and three seconds during the average Premier League match in the 2021-22 season, with the Champions League average a minute more.

Other trials such as explaining certain refereeing decisions during a game, a potentially fairer calculation of playing time, and kick-ins were also discussed. The AGM was clear that these and any other trials require permission and will be supervised by the Ifab and Fifa.”

 trials of concussion substitutes are to be extended for another year “to gather sufficient data to form a scientifically valid decision”, after the previous 18 months of trials proved insufficient. The possibility for referees to wear body cameras to lessen the risk of physical and verbal abuse will be trialled at grassroots level.

ShaneU

Throw-ins would just become free kicks then?

Fully in favour of a stop clock, fed up with the time wasting that goes on.

I also want penalties in game to be the same as shoot-outs (no rebounds)

Vicxas

Last time they trialed kick ins wasnt there war?

TitianGerm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119202319#Comment_119202319

You'd have goal keeper lobbing balls into the box from inside their own half.

Reduce game time to 70 minutes and introduce the stop clock. Cut out all time wasting in the game for good.

Fromvert

Kick ins will be quicker than throw ins? Not buying that. Dedicated kick taker coming from the opposite end/side of the pitch to launch it into the box once you're in the opposition's half. Also waiting for CB's to come up etc. They'll just become like corners.

Has Wenger had a good idea since becoming FIFA's mouth piece?

Agent Coulson

Defenders kicking a ball out for a throw in instead of a corner will no be giving the opposition a better angle to have a few kick into the box instead of a throw in.

trashcan

Ugh. No all the way to this.

citytillidie

Would have to change the offside rule from kick-ins. Kick-ins was brought up before and didn't happen

Fitz*

For me, only way a kick-in would work is if the nearest player to the ball had to take the kick-in and there was a time limit in which you had to take the kick within.

Overall, not really a fan as it would be exploited as mentioned above.

DM_7

All the issues with time could be resolved by enforcing a time limit on restarting play. No need to complicate things.

GLaDOS

Don't get how a kick-in is supposed to be faster.

Like the stop clock idea.

jacool

I'd be interested to see how the players could contrive to sneak 10-15m up the pitch without any linesmen or refs calling them on it.

Like they do in every single game now.

Clearly no-one has thought about the poor "towel boys" on the sidelines who will be forced to retire now.

I'm not impressed that fixing football's ills is not done by just applying existing rules properly.

trashcan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119204941#Comment_119204941

I can’t see how it would be faster. You’d end up waiting for the designated kicker to make his was to the spot to take the kick in. I could see it become a mini free kick. Just a bad idea.