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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/20/2007

Bob of Long Beach, CA USA asks...

When a player slides into our keeper who has dived on the ball and kicks him the ref awards a Direct free kick. From where is the kick taken? spot of foul? or out to the 6 yd area line?...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/20/2007

Doug Crawford of Rocklin, CA Placer asks...

Ref Dawson's advice on Q17372 conflicts w other advice I have read on your site, concerning the location of a handball, or when goalie hand contact is truly outside the penalty area.

You state:
"The penal foul of ?handles the ball del...

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Mechanics 10/20/2007

Chris Riffenburg of Redford, MI USA asks...

Is there a specific rule or procedure the referee has to follow when it comes time to start play. In my experience's the referee has told the kids to wait for his whistle when it comes time to start play again. I've seen this quite a bit even on t.v....

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Law 14 - Penalty kick 10/19/2007

Gil Acedo of Pasadena, CA USA asks...

Hello Refs. I haven't been on your site for awhile but I see you are still doing a magnificent job of educating us who are trying to begin and end matches with as little trouble as possible in between.

Can we visit a topic involving Penal...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/19/2007

Mark of Saint Paul, USA asks...

I encountered this trick play in one of the first games where I was an AR. One player did the short kick then called to another player to "take the kick." The other player dribble toward the goal (but did not score). However, something happened in...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/19/2007

Sarah K of san antonio, TX USA asks...

Two short questions this morning -
1. While reffing a U12 girls rec game, the (fairly unskilled) goalkeeper went to punt a ball out and ended up punting it nearly straight up. She caught the ball (one foot out of Goal Area but ball, imo, still ...

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Law 13 - Free Kicks 10/19/2007

Mike Percherke of Enola, PA Cumberland asks...

Let's assume a corner kick though the same scenario could exist for any free kick. A defender gives the kicker more than the required 10 yards, let's say 15. Before the kick, the defender starts a run at the kicker in an attempt to block or distrac...

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League Specific 10/19/2007

Garren of San Antonio, Tx US asks...

If there are always 3 refs in a game, & only one happens to show up - does the visiting team have the right to refuse to play? In some cases I know that is true, but am having difficulty in finding a concise answer to my question. If the home team ...

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Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct 10/18/2007

Joel of Fallbrook, CA USA asks...

could u on a slide tackle put ur hands up to ur face and push the kid away so that he doesnt hit u but the kid falls over u after hitting ur upper body and get called for a foul?
and no i believe that there is nothing wrong with the way i slide...

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Law 7 - Match Duration 10/18/2007

Paul Cassell of Salt Lake City, UT USA asks...

The game score is 3-2. Time is running down. We're behind and attacking just outside the 18 when our wing is fouled for a free kick. We then send everyone up into the box for one last try on the free kick. While the players are all moving forward ...

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