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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/9/2017

Gary Robinson of Pleasant Grove, UT USA asks...

What is the correct restart for an improperly taken indirect free kick? I had a U12 game where a defender deliberately passed the ball back to his keeper who picked up the ball. I blew the whistle and signaled an IDFK for the attacking team. The at...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/9/2017

Salvador Flores of Indianapolis , IN USA asks...

Question 1: what is a fair shoulder tackle? What is a good example of a fair shoulder tackle? What is a foul trying to shoulder tackle someone?
Question 2: if a player tries to kick the ball but misses the ball and kicks another player in any par...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/9/2017

Tom Schaller of Oak Park, IL USA asks...

Thank you all for responding. I did see the friend referee the next day and he admitted that he was wrong.

It was all around a strange day: first to see that he could be wrong and then in my subsequent game I had to remove a....... TURTLE f...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/8/2017

Carol Hibbert of Lake Worth, Florida United States asks...

Can a goalkeeper flip the ball in the air to avoid a tackle or collision with an opposing player? Is this a yellow card and a Indirect Free kick on the goalkeeper?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/8/2017

Aaron Speca of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA United States asks...

The shot from red eventually comes and is knocked off the post. As a blue defender attempts to settle the rebound, the keeper comes out and covers. Whistle was blown for a 'passback' to the keeper. I felt there was no intentional play to the keepe...

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Law 11 - Offside 10/8/2017

Tom Schaller of Oak Park, IL USA asks...

yesterday I had an interesting argument with a very knowledgable ref. Situation was:
-Blue attacking, forward close to the goal line puts in a nice cross, subsequently falling behind the goal line.
-Defender intercepts cross, brings it down ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/8/2017

Garner felicien of Castries , Saint lucia asks...

A player give a back pass to his goalkeeper the goalkeeper pick up the ball with his hand the goalkeeper was about 1 yard from his goal line where should the referee place the ball for the indirect free kick and where should the players from the te...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/7/2017

Mark Watts of Pines , fl USA asks...

Free kick is called on top of the 18yd box. Referee signals 'on my whistle' to all the players then proceeds to walk the wall back 10 yds. As he is doing that the Goalkeeper is on her post ready to organize her wall as soon as the wall has met its 10...

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Other 10/7/2017

Gary of San Francisco, CA USA asks...

What should you do if you lose confidence in your AR?

Say you are doing a game with an AR and they have multiple incorrect or missed offside calls, or are not really assisting much with calling fouls in their quadrant of the field (although ...

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Law 3 - The Players 10/7/2017

David of Valley Grande, Alabama USA asks...

Can the goalie leave the box, and play offense on the other side of the field (especially to help with a last minute score at the close of a game)?

Obviously this may be unwise. But is there a rule against this?

Thanks.
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