No Hands, please 

 

First, a handball can be played using any part of the body, from the tips of the fingers to the shoulder. Second, this soccer rule should had interpreted as forbidding a player from “handling” the ball. When a ball is kicked and hits a player’s hand or arm, it is called a handball. A handball occurs when a ball is kicked and hits a player’s hand or arm. The referee must determine whether a handball was an unintentional contact or if the player intentionally handled the ball to gain an advantage.

 

Throw-ins 

 

When the ball crosses a sideline and exits the field, it is called a throw-in. Both feet must be on the ground. Also, the ball must be thrown with both hands over the head to be considered a proper throw-in.

 

Corner Kicks & Goal Kicks

 

A corner kick or goal kick happens when the ball crosses the goal line at the edge of the pitch. A match is resumed with a goal kick if the offensive player kicks it out. Also, a game has started with a corner kick if the defending team kicks it out. Any player within the “goal area box” can take the goal kick, but it must exit the “Penalty Area” before anybody else touches it. If this does not happen, the kick will have to retaken. The corner kick had made from the field corner closest to where the ball has last seen.

 

Fouls 

 

OKBET Guide: When it comes to fouls, the rule of thumb is “if it appears like a foul, it usually is.” A person cannot be kicked, tripped, leaped on, charged, struck, shoved, gripped, or spit on. Bumping, bending, or going shoulder-to-shoulder for a ball is not a foul until the hands or elbows come up.

 

Direct and Indirect Free Kicks 

 

The primary difference is that you can score by kicking the ball straight into the goal with a direct kick. An indirect kick cannot scored on. A direct kick has touched by another player before it may reach the kicker’s and a second person’s goal. You can tell if the kick is direct or indirect by looking at the referee. For an indirect kick, the referee will raise one arm straight in the air until the second player makes touch with the ball. It’s a goal kick with no arm raised or pointed at the goal. After a contact foul or a handball, a straight kick is typically the result.

 

Penalty Kick 

 

When the defending team commits a contact foul or a handball within the penalty area, which is the large box on either end of the field, a penalty kick has awarded. As a result, it’s a direct hit. The ball has positioned directly in front of the goal’s center, on the penalty spot. All players must remain outside of the penalty area and penalty arc until the ball has kicked. The goalie must keep both feet on the goal line until the ball is kick. If the ball bounces off the goal or the keeper and remains on the field after being has kicked, it has considered “alive.”

 

Two-touch Rule 

 

When placing the ball in play, a player cannot touch it twice in a row. This is a term you’ll hear a lot in youth soccer. It holds in all situations. On kick-offs, direct and indirect kicks, you’ll see it a lot. A two-touch occurs when a player barely touches the ball before deciding to kick it again. It is true for throw-ins as well. A player cannot kick the ball after throwing it in.

 

Offside

 

OKBET Guide, you cannot be offside during a corner kick, goal kick, or throw-in. Being on the wrong side of the field is also not considered a crime. To be called offside, the player must be engaged in active play as decided by the referee.