I don't remember a time you could ever be offside from a throw-in.
But like you I'm surprised few teams exploit it. In both our Uni and Sunday league sides we had a couple of full-backs with a long-throw, so we'd ensure the first throw they took they launched it as far as possible down the line for a winger/forward. If the defence were already set, the thrower would put on a big act about everyone being too far away for him to reach them with a throw, get everyone to come close bar one forward who'd stay beyond the defence pretending to tie his lace or some such then the thrower would launch it at him.
But like you I'm surprised few teams exploit it. In both our Uni and Sunday league sides we had a couple of full-backs with a long-throw, so we'd ensure the first throw they took they launched it as far as possible down the line for a winger/forward. If the defence were already set, the thrower would put on a big act about everyone being too far away for him to reach them with a throw, get everyone to come close bar one forward who'd stay beyond the defence pretending to tie his lace or some such then the thrower would launch it at him.
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