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Law 13 - Free Kicks 6/6/2019gary of nashua, nh usa asks...It seems a growing number of players and coaches dont know what constitutes a direct free kick or indirect. Had a game recently in which the coach started to announce to players that a careless charging foul was indirect. Had to make an announcement ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/24/2019Barry Stewart of Chilliwack, BC Canada asks...Regarding kicked restarts: I'm sure we've all seen the kicker (especially at IDFKs and kick-offs) who puts his foot on top of the ball and rolls the ball back and forth until he sees his chance to release it. Even worse, the player who rocks the ball...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/21/2019Mitch Dubensky of Washington DC, Washington DC USA asks...A free kick is awarded. Referee arm signal is unintelligible as it was neither for a direct or indirect kick. The 16 year old player looks at the referee and can't figure it out. He asks him 'can I shoot it.' The referee did not vocalize whether ...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 5/9/2019don of houston, tx usa asks...How strict to be with opponents standing in front of the ball on a free kick restart? You mentioned your frustration with pro refs not punishing this more in my last question, and I agree. But this particular caution always gives me reservations abo...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 4/14/2019paul of albuquerque, nm usa asks...On a free kick (in this case it was offside), kick taker doesn't ask for 10 yards. Defender stands about 5-6 yards away (so not close enough to tell the defender to back up) and when the attacker kicks the ball, defender stays at the same distance bu...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 3/18/2019Richard Jones of RICHMOND, TX US asks...Why did they make the rule that the ball has to leave the penalty area on a free kick or the kick has to be retaken?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 2/10/2019Glen B of Youngsville, NC USA asks...On a direct free kick, kicker asks for the defenders to be at correct space. CR steps off and moves the defenders back and then points to the Keeper gets a thumbs up and yells play when ready. No whistle. Kicker strikes ball and scores. Defending tea...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/15/2018Luis Rodrigues of Waadt, Switzerland asks...A player of team A is still inside the penalty area during a goal kick. The ball exits the penalty area correctly but an other player of team A takes the ball and pass it to the the player who was inside the penalty area who scores a goal.
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Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/28/2018Mark Suehrstedt of West Covina, Ca Usa asks...Why dont fifa referees call failure to yield the distance?...
Read The Full Q & A Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/9/2018Eduardo of christmas, fl usa asks...Please clarify the statement in LAW 13. Am I understanding correctly that the second bullet below would only occur if the free kick left the penalty area and then came back in? Also, it doesn't have to be deliberate, any handling would apply correc...
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