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Question Number: 27191Law 5 - The Referee 2/21/2013RE: competitive Other Jum of springs, michigan usa asks...A player takes a quick free kick and the ball hits you (the referee). The ball rebounds back to the kicker who passes it to one of her teammates. You should:
Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol You should: Duck faster.
But because you didn't, the ball was touched again by the kicker before it was touched by any other player. It's an indirect free kick from the point where the player touched the ball a second time.
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View Referee Gary Voshol profileAnswer provided by Referee Joe McHugh Hi
The kicker may not touch the ball for a second time until it has been touched / played by another player. As the referee is not a player the touch is a 2nd touch by the kicker which is an offence penalised by an IDFK from where the touch took place.
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