1. PRELIMINARIES
A coin is tossed and the team which wins the toss decides choice of ends.The team winning the toss will decide which goal it will attack during the first period. The other team takes the kick-off to start the match.
2. KICK-OFF
Upon the referee's whistle, the game is started or restarted by a player taking a kick from the center mark. Until the ball is kicked, the players:
·of each team must be in their team's half of the field, and,
·the players of the opposing team must be at least the following distances from the ball:
·Passers (U8) - six (6) yards
·Wings (U10) - eight (8) yards
·Strikers (U12) thru Seniors (U19) – ten (10) yards
3. PLAY STARTS
On a kick-off, the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves forward.
4. DROPPED BALL
The kicker may not play the ball again until it has been touched by another player.
PUNISHMENT- For playing the ball twice, an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team at the point where it was played a second time.
5. GOAL FROM KICK-OFF
A goal may be scored directly from a kick-off.
6. AFTER GOAL
After a goal has been scored, the game is restarted with a kick-off by the team scored against.
7.TEMPORARY STOPPAGE
On any occasion where it is necessary for the referee to temporarily stop a game, while the ball was in play, for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in these Laws, play is restarted with a drop ball, except as follows:
·If the ball was in play within the goal area and not in possession of the goalkeeper when the stoppage occurred, it shall be dropped on that part of the goal area line which runs parallel to the goal-line at the point nearest to where the ball was when play was stopped.
·If the ball was in the clear possession of the goalkeeper or in clear possession of one of the teams when the stoppage occurred, play will be restarted with an indirect free kick taken by the team in control or in possession of the ball at the place where it was when the stoppage occurred, and in accordance with the overriding conditions of Law XIII.
8. DROP BALL
A drop ball shall be in play when it touches the ground.
9. INFRINGEMENTS
If a player plays the ball before it touches the ground, the referee shall again drop the ball.
DISTANCE OPPONENTS MUST BE FROM BALL | WHEN BALL IS IN PLAY | CAN A GOAL BE SCORED DIRECTLY? | CAN THE PLAYER WHO PERFORMS THE RESTART PLAY THE BALL TWICE IN SESSION? | |
| KICKOFF | Passers = 6 yards Wings = 8 yards Strikers thru Seniors = 10 yards | When the ball moves forward | Yes | No |
| THROW-IN | 2 yards | When the ball enters field | No | No |
| GOAL KICK | Outside the penalty area | When the ball leaves penalty area into the field of play | Yes, but only against opponent | No |
| CORNER KICK | From the corner Arc: Passers = 6 yards Wings = 8 yards Strikers thru Seniors = 10 yards | When ball moves | Yes, but only against opponent | No |
| INDIRECT FREE KICK | Passers = 6 yards Wings = 8 yards Strikers thru Seniors = 10 yards, or own goal-line between posts, or outside penalty area, except on quick kick | When ball moves, with exception of defender's kick in own penalty area | No | No |
| DIRECT FREE KICK | Passers = 6 yards Wings = 8 yards Strikers thru Seniors = 10 yards, or outside penalty area, with exception of quick kick | When ball moves, with exception of defender's kick in own penalty area | Yes, but only against opponent | No |
| PENALTY KICK | Outside penalty area and penalty arc and behind penalty mark | When ball moves forward | Yes | No |
