Can a player pause or stutter step while taking a penalty kick in soccer?

Question

More and more players are starting forward then stutter stepping to see if the goalie has picked a side. Is there a rule about the forward motion of the pk taker?

Answer 1

There's no rules against the penalty taker stuttering at all, as long as he directly kicks the ball although he can't get another touch on the ball till another players had it! I know the offside rule too !!!!!

Answer 2

Stutter Step Soccer

Answer 3

Yes he can. Any player can pause or stutter step during the penalty kick, although, if you take too much time, you be given a yellow card for delay of game. If the player kicks the ball though, another player must touch it before the taker can kick it again, similar to the throw in rule

Answer 4

I was sure there was such a rule against changing step, but I've also seen a few referees ignore such infringements.

Answer 5

Yes and by the way the name of the sport is football or association football if you want to be complete **** like me

Answer 6

There's nothing on it in the official rules... it just means the goalkeeper's gotta keep her head on her shoulders and not give anything away. :)

Answer 7

Apparently you can also do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6ojhQQHYE

Priceless.

Check also Henry interview ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wxUntpbkQ

Answer 8

Its considered about as close to cheating as you can get.

Answer 9

yes look at figo and christiano ronaldo

Answer 10

yea it has been done many times