Soccer Rules

Direct Free Kick:       Is awarded if a player ______ an opponent.

a.       Kicks

b.      Strikes

c.       Attempts to kick or strike

d.      Trips

e.       Jumps at

f.        Holds

g.       Pushes charges

h.       Handles the ball

·                    Direct Free Kicks are taken at the spot they occurred and can be scored directly.

Indirect Free Kick:     is awarded if a player _______.

a.       Obstructs a player without trying to play the ball.

b.      Dangerous play (raising feet too high.)

c.       Off-sides.

d.      Charges a player who isn’t in possession of the ball.

e.       Goalie interference.

f.        Goalie takes more than 4 steps while handling the ball.

g.       Wasting time.

h.       Unnecessary roughness.

i.         Unsportsmanlike conduct (swearing, cursing, etc.)

·                    Indirect Free Kicks must be touched by one other player before scoring.  They are taken at the spot they occurred.

Penalty Kick:              is any infraction by a defending player who is in his own penalty area.

a.       All players except kicker and goalie must stand outside the penalty area and arc, until kick is taken.

b.      Kick is taken from penalty spot and must be played forward.

c.       Goalie must stay on goal line without moving his feet, until kick is taken.

d.      A goal can be scored directly.

Corner Kick:               is when a defending player is the last person to touch the ball before it passes over the goal line.

a.       An attacking player (usually a  wing) takes the kick from the corner closest to where the ball crossed the goal line.

b.      A goal may be scored directly.

Goal Kick:      is when an attacking player is the last person to touch the ball before it passes over the goal line.

a.       Goalie kicks or throws the ball out from within the goal area.

b.      A goal can not be scored directly.

Throw-in:         when the ball goes over the touchlines (sidelines).

a.       Team not last to touch the ball, throws the ball in with both hands behind and over his/her head, while both feet are on the ground, either on or behind the touchline.

b.      The ball is thrown whe4re it last touched the touchline by an opposing player who is usually the closest.

Kickoff:           is used to start the game or after a goal is scored.

a.       Defending players stand outside the center circle.

b.      Players stand in their own half.

c.       The referee places the ball on the halfway line in the middle of the center circle.

d.      The ball must be place kicked (stationary on the ground) forward.  Usually the center forward just a nudge to another player, so as to keep possession of the ball.

e.       The kicker can not touch the ball again until it has been touched by another player.

f.        A goal can not be directly scored.

Offsides:         a player is offsides unless there is two opponents closer to the goal than him.

                        Exceptions:

a.       If he/she is in his/her own half of the field.

b.      If the opponent touched the ball last.

c.       If he/she is not involved in the play.

d.      On a goal kick, corner kick, and throw-in.

Scoring:           for a goal to be scored, the whole ball must cross the goal line between the goal posts and under the crossbar.  Providing the ball has not be throw, carried or propelled over the goal line by a hand, arm, or any part of the body other than the foot or head.  A goal scores one point.

Goal Keepers:            within their own penalty area may use their own hands or arms to catch the ball, deflect it, or throw it.  When they are in clear possession in their own area, goalkeepers cannot be interfered with in any way.

·                    Soccer positions and lines on the soccer field.