indirect kick and no time to recover

[golfdesigner]

situation from last saturday in youth soccer game, goalie retrieved ball, while running, getting ready to kick, inadvertantly hit ball with knee and fumbled it, then goalie picked it up and kicked it forward...ref called "indirect kick" and gave goalie no time to recover and get back in goal..poor goalie didn't have a chance to get back...

Should ref have given goalie at least a little time to recover and get back in position or was he just out of luck and needed to get back real fast?

[Nevadaref]

The infringement the goalie committed is known as a double touch. He had possession with his hands, released the ball into play (albeit inadvertently), then touched it again with his hands before any other player touched it.
This results in an IFK for the opposing team.
No recovery time is given to a team which commits a foul or an infringement of the rules, unless the referee first signals in the wrong direction and then corrects his call.
In your situation the opponents can take the IFK as quickly as they can get there to do so.

[umpguy2190]

Yep, that's 100% correct!

[lawfiveguy]

Many times the defense will try and stall here to get the GK back into a position to defend. They will do things like stand 1-2 yards from the ball, or pick up the ball and delay a few seconds before putting the ball back on the ground. I'm surprised the defending team didn't try to do any of this.

I hate to admit it, but before I came over to the referee side and was a coach - I would coach my kids to do certain stalling tactics near the penalty area to give the defense time to set up.

But Nevadaref is right - the defense has no right to set a wall or get back into defensive position. If the offended team wants to do a quick restart that is their option. In fact this was a point of emphasis at our AGM last year.