Indirect Free Kick Offenses

Indirect free kicks are awarded to the opposing team when a player commits an technical offense.

An indirect free kick may not directly score a goal unless the ball first touches another player. If an indirect free kick passes into the goal, a goal is not counted, and the defending team is awarded a goal kick as if the ball had simply gone out-of-bounds. Note that there are no indirect free kicks in the 4-6 age groups: All free kicks are direct free kicks in the 4-6 age groups.

An indirect free kick is awarded for the following offenses:

• kick-off taker touches ball a 2nd time in a row
• offside: Indirect, taken from the place where the player who was offside was standing
• plays in a dangerous manner
• impedes the progress of an opponent
• prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands
• commits any other offense, not previously mentioned here or under ‘Direct Free Kick’, below, for which play is stopped to caution or send off a player