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Law 13 - Free Kicks
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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/10/2009

Rick of manteca, Ca USA asks...

On an indirect free kick must the ball make one full revelution to count as a touch or can a player simply tap it before another player kicks for it to count as a goal?...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 1/5/2009

Shane Klundt of Hudson, WI United States asks...

Two questions in regards to respecting distance at a free quick.
1. I have seen players who are not close to the ball when a free kick is called, run over to the ball and stand in front of it. They then claim it is the responsibility of the kicke...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 12/28/2008

jesse of mombasa, coast kenya asks...

what is a direct kick and indirect kick,when is the direct and indirect kick occur...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 12/14/2008

jamie of brighton, sussex united kingdom asks...

a defnder has a free kick , he knocks it back to his own goalie , the ball ends up in the back of the net , with out touching anyone , what is awarded? ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 12/2/2008

Todd Wendorf of Camp Hill, PA US asks...

In a recreational U15 match...using a /*cringe*/ NFHS two-referee system (I could rail about this for days...), I was the 'trailing' referee on the opposite side of the field.

A free kick was awarded and the defending team put a player in fr...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/29/2008

Josh Boylan of Burlington, VT USA asks...

USSF and FIFA are clear that for a touch of the ball to be valid, whether on an IDK, corner, etc, it must be done with a clear kicking motion. Enaware of this, most players believe a simple tap on top of the ball should suffice.

If the ba...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/24/2008

Kevin of Orwigsburg, PA USA asks...

I was an AR at a recent U-11 boys Travel 2 game where after a foul, the team that committed the foul would have a player stand 2-3 yards in front of the ball. The CR would then march off the 10 yards and then whistle for the restart. Although both te...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/21/2008

kim of middleville, MI USa asks...

Thanks for the answer...I wasn't GOTCHA...I was asking for a simple clarification of the answer you guys gave. Again, Eric, (who I have reffed with)was asking about IFK and DFK in the penalty area. It wasn't obvious to me that he inferred outbound ki...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/20/2008

kim of middleville, mi usa asks...

OK Eric asked if an Ifk or DFK must go out of the penalty area to be in play....he wasn't talking about a goal kick
Per law 13 Free Kick inside penalty area( pasted from FIFA Site)
Indirect free kick to the attacking team:
? all opponent...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 11/19/2008

kim of middleville, mi usa asks...

just asking for clarification...your answers seemed a little askew to the questions. Obviously a goal kick needs to travel outside the penalty area to be in play. Any other IFK or DFK would only have to be kicked properly to be in play even if it's i...

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