Free Kicks

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Law 13
Free Kicks
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DEFINITION OF A FREE KICK
The way play is restarted after the referee has
stopped play for an infraction
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THERE ARE ONLY 2 TYPES OF
FREE KICKS
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DIRECT FREE KICK
GOAL!
B
A
Can score directly against opponent Outside
penalty area of offending team
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INDIRECT FREE KICK
GOAL!
B
A
Cannot score directly against opponent Must touch
another player! U-7/8 ALL FREE KICKS ARE
INDIRECT
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Free Kick Rules

• Ball must be stationary
• Kicked in any direction
• No double touch
• No encroachment
• Cannot score directly against self
• Taken from point of infraction (2 exceptions)

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GOAL AREA REQUIREMENTS
Exception 1
If given to a team within own goal area, can be
moved to anywhere in goal area.
All opponents must be out of penalty area Ball
must clear penalty area prior to 2nd touch
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GOAL AREA REQUIREMENTS
Exception 2
IFK in opponents goal area is moved out to the
nearest point on the goal area line
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Quick Free Kick

• Kicking team has a right to a quick restart if
  they wish to use it
• Opponents must retire 10 yards
• U-7/8 6 yards
• U-9/10 8 yards
• Opponents have no right to form a wall
• Opponents can not move toward ball until kicked
• The referee should
• move quickly out of the way after indicating the
  area of the restart
• do nothing to interfere with the quick restart
• delay the restart only when requested by the
  kicking team

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• From where is the free kick taken?
• Restart at place of infraction except?
• Own goal area anywhere in goal area
• Opponents goal area on goal area line nearest
  infraction
• Can the ball be moving when taken?
• No, it must be stationary
• What direction must it be kicked?
• Any direction is acceptable
• May a player step on or tap the ball to put it in
  play?
• No, it must be a kicking motion and the ball must
  move
• If a free kick is taken within a teams own
  penalty area, when is it in play?
• When it leaves the penalty area

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Law 14
Penalty Kick
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Penalty-kicks are awarded when a defender
commits a major foul (DFK) in their own Penalty
Area
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Procedure
1. Clear penalty area of all but keeper and
kicker (all other players must be behind
penalty mark) 2. Get ball into your possession
3. Set keeper on line - between posts 4.
Identify kicker to keeper 5. Give ball to
kicker to place on penalty mark 6. Tell kicker
to wait for whistle 7. Final check - everyone
out of penalty area 8. Take position to observe
keeper, kicker, other players and assistant
referee 9. Check with keeper to see if
ready 10. Whistle for kick
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Requirements of the Kicker

• Identified kicker must take kick
• Kick must be taken from the mark
• Ball must be kicked forward
• Kicker may feign a kick
• must not unnecessarily delay the kick
• must not change direction excessively
• Must not distract keeper
• Must not double touch the ball

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Requirements of the Goalkeeper
Must be on goal line, between posts, facing field
of play May not move forward from the goal line
until kick (may move laterally or side to
side) Must not distract the kicker Must not
engage in Unsporting Behavior
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REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER PLAYERS
Must be on the field of play Must be outside of
penalty area Must be outside of penalty arc Must
be behind penalty mark Must not encroach Must not
distract the opponent
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Properly taken penalty kick.
AR
GOAL
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Properly taken penalty kick.
Ball in play
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Infractions During PKs
Who Infringed Law 14 ?
What was the outcome of the Penalty Kick ?
Ball goes into goal Ball does not go into goal
Attacker (including the kicker) Retake Penalty Kick Indirect Free Kick from where infringement occurred.
Defender (including the goalkeeper) Goal (Kick-off) Retake Penalty Kick
Both attacker and defender Retake Penalty Kick Retake Penalty Kick
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If Goalkeeper infringes
AR
GOAL
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If Goalkeeper infringes
AR
Retake the PK
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If Kicker infringes
AR
Retake the PK
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If Kicker infringes
AR
IFK to defense
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If Teammate of kicker infringes
AR
Retake the PK
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If Teammate of goalkeeper infringes
AR
GOAL
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If Both teams infringe
AR
Retake the PK
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Second touch by kicker
AR
IFK to defense
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Is this an Infringement?
AR
No Infringement GOAL!
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Is this an Infringement?
AR
No Infringement GOAL!
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• Why is a penalty kick awarded?
• When a player commits any of the 10 DFK fouls
  within own penalty area
• Where must the goalkeeper stand?
• On the goal line, between the posts, facing the
  field
• Where must the other players, except the kicker,
  be before the kick?
• On the field, outside the penalty area, behind
  the mark
• When is the ball in play?
• When it is kicked and moves forward.
• If not kicked forward?
• IFK to defense

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