When can a goalie handle the ball with his hands and not be penalised? Or for holding the ball too long?

Question

I noticed sometimes that a goalie gets penalised for handling a ball with his hands, rather than his feet. Also, I noticed in the England-Paraguay match that the Paraguayan goalie got penalised with an "indirect kick" in the box. Why was it not a direct kick? Can someone explain the goalie rules with the ball and the resulting foul and kick (direct, indirect, etc).

Answer 1

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:
• takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with his hands before releasing it from his possession;
• touches the ball again with his hands after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player;
• touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate;
• touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate.

He is the only player on the field who can legally use his hands and then only inside the Penalty Box. Once he picks up the ball he has six seconds to punt it or release it. He is allowed to pick up the ball, run with it and then punt it, throw it, or drop it and dribble or kick it. (However, he cannot touch it with his hands outside the "Penalty Box" and once he drops it he can't touch it again with his hands until an opponent has touched it). The goalkeeper has special protections inside the Penalty Box; the ball may not be kicked if he is touching it with his hand or arm and the referee will call a foul if the goalkeeper is endangered. He must wear a shirt or jersey that is recognizably different from all other players (goalkeepers often wear special jerseys with padded elbows).

Answer 2

Okay, here are some of the main points.

If there is a deliberate 'back-pass' to the Goalkeeper and he picks it up then it is a indirect freekick in the penalty box. If it is headed back, or a miss-kick and not meant to reach the goalkeeper, then the game continues as normal.

This is why you see the goalkeeper hacking the ball away after someone passes the ball back to him.

The rule was brought in around 1992 to stop defensive play at the end of matches (it would get to 80 minutes and the team who was winning would just timewaste and keep pinging it back to the goalie, the Italians were especially good at this, since introduced football has become more exciting and fast-paced).

Why not direct? It was felt that this would be too a harsh of a thing to do. A penalty should be a foul against a player or a handball - stopping a goal. An illegally-handled backpass would not necessarily prevent a goal.

I like the rule. Although it was confusing at first, it has improved football and given teams a chance to score late equalisers.

Answer 3

When inside his penalty area, a goalie can always toach the ball with his hands, except when:

- the ball has been released from his possession and has not touched any other player
- the ball was kicked to him by a team-mate (with his feet - if the player uses any other body part, then it's ok for the goalkeeper to use his hands)
- he receives the ball directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate

Also, the goalkeeper cannot keep the ball in his hands for more than 6 seconds.

Any of these offences will result in an indirect free kick for the opposing team inside the penalty area. It is an indirect kick, and not a direct kick, because a direct kick inside the penalty area is a penalty kick, and that would be too harsh a punishment for a not so serious offence.

Answer 4

A goalkeeper may handle the ball in his own area provided it the ball has not been passed by the boot of a team-mate. A headed back pass is fine to handle, but not a kicked one.

If the goakeeper hangs onto the ball for more than 6 seconds (from when he gets to his feet if necessary) then that is an offence punishable by an indirect free kick, meaning the player taking the free kick cannot shoot himself. The only direct free kicks inside the box are penalties and holding on to the ball for too long has not yet been deemed worthy of this.

Answer 5

A goalkeeper is not allowed to handle a deliberate 'passback' from his team-mate, this does not include headers or throw-ins. This law was brought in approx. 14yrs ago (ish!) as an attempt to stop teams in the lead deliberately wasting time by the keeper rolling the ball out to a defender and yhen having it rolled back... they are also only allowed 6seconds on the ball, although this is rarely strictly observed. The reason it was an indirect free kick was, it was a minor infringement, not worthy of a direct kick (which in the box would be a penalty!)

Answer 6

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Answer 7

only in the penalty area they can handle the ball. And their is a 6 second rule where the keeper can only have the ball in his hands for 6 sec

Answer 8

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