Goalie -Soccer Rules?

Question

When a goalie has caught a ball off of a shot from the other team is there a rule that the goalie cannot drop it in the box before throwing it or kicking it back into play. My daughter's team was called on this resulting in free kicks for the other team when our goalie accidentally dropped the ball while walking out to the larger box line(she is only 7). The ref called a penalty and awarded the other team a free kick from the middle of the larger box. I have never heard of this rule. I have watched many pro games where the goalie drops the ball in the box and passes it to his or her teamates. My questions in whole is can you drop a ball in the box and pick it up without penalty?

Answer 1

Once a keeper has full control of a ball and drops it to the ground the ball is officially "in play"

When the keeper is in full control of the ball, an opponent may not challenge him, however he needs to release the ball into play not later than 6 secs.

The keepers in the past liked to bounce the ball once, before grabbing it again. They can't do that now, the moment he releases the ball from his hands, it is in play, he cannot handle it again unless, it is played by another player.

For any infringement by the keeper, an indirect kick will be awarded to the opponents where the infringement occurred, except in the 6 yard box, where the ball is placed on the 6 yard line perpendicular to where the infringement occurred.

There is an offence for charging the goalkeeper by an opponent, this happens when the keeper is in control of the ball or when he appears to be in control (when in mid-air, he rises to catch the ball but is unfairly impeded by a charge).

Play is restarted with a direct free-kick in this instance.

Answer 2

Being a ref of 7 year olds myself I would have most likely let it go as long she stayed in the large box.

Officially the rules state that if the goalie picks it up has control in their hands and then losses control, he/she cannot pick it up again straight away. An opponent has to touch it before the goalie can touch it again with his/her hands.

Now the pros the bounce the ball up and down on purpose and it is obviously under their control so it is not ruled as a foul happening. If it bounced off a foot and he/she went after it, he/she could not pick it up unless an opponent touched it first. A seven year old would have a harder time arguing that the ball was under their control and as you said it was an accident so technically it was a foul.

However it would be judged like a teammate passed it to the goalie and she picked it up. It should have been an indirect free kick for the attacking team from where the ball was picked up. The thing is that with indirect free kicks in the box almost never happen, and most refs don't know what to do when they do happen. So the easy thing for the ref to do was rule it as a handball like any other player, which if in the large box, puts the ball in the middle of the large box.

Indirect free kicks inside the box mean that all of the defenders have to be at least ten yards/meters away depending on the country, from the free kick like any other free kick. Also all of the defenders have to either be outside of the large box or on the goal line in-between the goal posts as it is taken. This is hard to explain to the players and will get many parents angry because it never happens in a pro game so they think the ref is making it up as he goes, which he is not.

The ref took the easy way out not the right way, but I am guessing he was a teenager himself, and did not want to get parents from all teams angry at him. He could have let it go, "I did not see it." I used that myself for those type of small mistakes at that age level, but he called it and it was a foul so he was right on that point. However the foul he gave was wrong. So yes and no sorry to type so much but I felt like explaining the rule and a possible reason why he would give it wrong.

Answer 3

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When a goalie has caught a ball off of a shot from the other team is there a rule that the goalie cannot drop it in the box before throwing it or kicking it back into play. My daughter's team was called on this resulting in free kicks for the other team when our goalie accidentally dropped the...

Answer 4

Put simply: Once the goalie has caught the ball (i.e. has the ball safely in her hands), she can only pick it up again once an opposition player has touched it.

If she catches the ball, walks a few feet, then either fumbles the ball or deliberately drops it she cannot pick it up again (so get practicing those kick outs with BOTH FEET).

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

alright im not a goalie {defender/midefeilder} but like i think if its in the 18 they cant pick it up again. im pretty sure they can if its in the 8(i think) .
seriously why would u call that on 7 year olds?