Free kick
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A free kick is used to restart play in several codes of football:
Association football
American football;
Other forms of football
Association football
- Direct free kickDirect free kickA direct free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football following a foul. Unlike an indirect free kick, a goal may be scored directly against the opposing side without the ball having first touched another player.-Award:...
, from which one may score directly - Indirect free kickIndirect free kickAn indirect free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. Unlike a direct free kick, a goal may not be scored directly from the kick. The law was derived from the Sheffield Rules that stated that no goal could be scored from a free kick...
, from which one may not score directly
American football;
- Safety kick
- Fair catch kickFair catch kickThe fair catch kick is a rarely used rule in some forms of American football that allows a team, after making a fair catch of an opponent's kick, to attempt a field goal freely from the spot of the catch. It is one of the three types of free kicks; the other two are the kickoff and the safety kick...
, a little-known, rarely used rule in some forms of American football that allows a team, after making a fair catch of an opponent's kick, to attempt a field goal freely from the spot of the catch
Other forms of football
- Free kick (rugby union)Free kick (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...
, usually awarded to a team for a technical offence committed by the opposing side - Free kick (Australian rules football)Free kick (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:...
, a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player