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Scenario 1, The ball goes out of play from a shot, play restarts with a goal clearance, the goal keeper has four seconds to play the ball. The keeper can not touch the ball again any where on the field of play, until it has touched an opponent or gone of out of play. If the goal keeper does touch the ball, an indirect free kick is awarded from where the offence occurred. If it occurred in the goal area, the kick would be taken from the edge of the penalty area, in line to where the offence occurred. Awareness of the goal keeper is key when taking the goal clearance and when the ball is up the field, sub-bin him self for a flying goal keeper. The position has not been change, the player has so the flying keeper still wouldn’t be able to touch the ball until the ball had touched an opponent or gone out of play. |
Scenario 2, The goal keeper receives the ball in his own half from his own player, the player then takes the ball forward into the opponents half, then plays the ball back to the keeper in the opponents half. The keeper is not penalised as his has received the ball in open play in the opponents half. (play continues) The ball is played between players and goal keeper in the opponents half, the goal keeper then drops back into his own half and receives the ball, The referee blows for the offence committed and awards a indirect free kick from where the offence was committed. |
Scenario 3 The team scores and play restarts from a taking of center kick. The goal keeper for some strange reason has gone up to center with his team mate. TWO things could happen here, the goalkeeper restarts play and plays the ball forward first, meaning the keeper couldn’t receive it back before it has touched an opponent. (same as scenario 1) |
| Scenario 4 This time, the player restarts plays and plays the ball forward and the goal keeper moves into the opponents half and receives the pass then passes it back to team mate. The keeper then cannot receive the ball in his own half until it has touched an opponent. I hope this has sort of helped with understanding this (in my opinion) not well worded law. There are some tricky parts to understand but once you get used to it, The rest is easy. I have mentioned to Kevin and recently John about using the index finger as a reminder for when the goalkeeper can and cant have the ball. When the goal keeper releases from a goal clearance, point the finger towards the floor and don’t retract until it has touched an opponent. its a mental trigger and once you get use to it, you will never get it wrong. |
More change to be aware of are:
If the corner kick isn’t taken within the 4 seconds |
Thanks to Gavin for these ‘claifications.’ |
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