
1) Award for a soccer foul 2) Football set piece 3) Rugby union terminology
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A free kick is used to restart play in several codes of football: ...
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[Australian rules football] A free kick in Australian rules football is a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player who has been infringed by an opponent or is the nearest player to a player from the opposite team who has broken a rule. ==Protocol== When a free kick is paid, the player`s opponent stands the mark, by standing on the spot...
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[rugby union] A free kick in rugby union is usually awarded to a team for a technical offence committed by the opposing side. Free kicks are awarded for technical offences such as playing too many players in a line-out or time wasting at a scrum. A free kick is also awarded for making a mark. Once awarded a free kick the team must decide ho...
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the result of a foul outside the penalty area, given against the offending team. Free kicks can be either direct (shot straight towards the goal) or indirect (the ball must touch another player before a goal can be scored).[74]
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Kick off or Safety kick.
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A kick for a personal foul. A team may score from this type of kick.
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Kick where a score may be made. Can be taken as a place kick, drop kick or if no score is attempted, a punt.
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(from the article `football (soccer)`) Free kicks are awarded for fouls or violations of rules; when a free kick is taken, all players of the offending side must be 10 yards (9 metres) ... ...may be `shepherded,` or checked, by an opponent by the use of a hip, shoulder, chest, arms, or open hand, provided the ball is not more ...
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Restart of play by the non-offending team (following a lesser grade penalty), which does not allow the kicker to take a direct kick at goal.
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a kick awarded to a player for a foul committed by the opposition; the player kicks a stationary ball without any opposing players within 10 yards of him.
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[Football] a type of kick taken to start or restart play after a team has scored, with no defenders nearer than 10 yards away; includes a kickoff and a kick after a safety.
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[Soccer] a kick awarded to a player for a foul committed by the opposition; the player kicks a stationary ball without any opposing players within 10 yards of him.
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a kick made to put the ball in play as a kickoff or following a safety (the score; 'safety touch' in Canadian football) or fair catch.
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A kick awarded to an opposition player when an player has committed a foul. Free kicks can be either direct or indirect.
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[
n] - (in soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team
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A kick awarded to a players team for a foul committed by the opposition; the player kicks a stationary ball without any opposing players within 10 yards of the ball.
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noun (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team
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an uncontested kick awarded to a team usually for a minor penalty by the other team. The kick cannot be taken directly at the posts except by a drop goal.
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When one team commits a minor penalty, the other team will have the option to kick the ball down the pitch without the other team interfering. This is usually done to get the ball out of your team
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an unhindered kick of a stationary ball, usually awarded to a player as the result of a foul committed by a player from the opposing team. Cf. direct free kick, indirect free kick.
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