Question Number: 32410

Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 4/29/2018

RE: competitive College

timm of succasunna, NJ US asks...

ball is out of play over touch line. Player, in own half of field, properly throws the ball in play back to his own GK. The GK picks the ball up after a bounce or two and kicks the ball up field. Can the GK pick up the ball?

Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh

Hi Tim
A goalkeeper may not touch the ball with his hands when the ball has been deliberately kicked to him by a team mate or thrown to him at a Atai by a team mate. It is an IDFK from where he touches the ball with his hands
In your example it should have been an IDFK where the GK picked the ball up.

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Answer provided by Referee Peter Grove

Hi Tim,
Under NCAA-NISOA rules, a goalkeeper may not receive the ball in the hands when it is thrown-in to them by a team mate (which is the same as under IFAB laws and NFHS rules).

This should not have been allowed and an indirect free kick should have been awarded from where the keeper touched the ball with the hands.

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Answer provided by Referee Richard Dawson

HI Timm,
no the keeper is NOT permitted to use his hands on a ball that comes to him via a direct throw in from a team mate! It is an INDFK if it occurs inside the PA and a DFK if outside!
Cheers

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