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PENALTY KICK: (As usual in this website, I am taking North Texas State Soccer Association rules as example, but regularly most of states and facilities rule are similar).

PK is relatively new in indoor soccer. A penalty kick is awarded against a team, which while the ball is in play commits within its own penalty area (or area within the goal) one of the fouls listed in Rule 12.15.1 which warrants a time penalty. A penalty kick can be awarded irrespective of the position of the ball at the time an offense is committed

The list of these kind of foul:

• Kicking or attempts to kick an opponent.

• Tripping or attempts to trip an opponent.

• Jumping at opponent. Charges an opponent.

• Striking or attempting to strike an opponent (mandatory time penalty).

• Elbowing or attempt to elbow an opponent results in mandatory time penalty (elbow to face is an ejection for violent conduct).

• Pushing an opponent.

• Contact with an opponent before contact is made with the ball.

• Handling the ball. Boarding (mandatory time penalty).

• Dangerous play. Fair charge, but ball not in playing distance.

• Obstructing when not playing the ball.

• Spitting at any person (ejection for violent conduct).

A PK is kicked from Penalty Kick Mark (most facilities still have not this mark on the field) : A 9” circular mark made within the Penalty Area twenty-four (24) feet from the midpoint of the goal line.

Basically the procedure for PK is the same that in outdoor.

A mistake that sometime I saw is that referees are not showing the blue card when they call a PK, but in my opinion blue card must be showed in this situation.

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