Goal Kick Procedure

[Eastshire]

The scenario I'm envisioning here is one where the ball has been placed and the kicker has retreated to take the kick and then runs back up picks the ball up and moves it across the field.

I'm not tolerating that for any reason. The player has plenty of time to decide where to take the goal kick from before retreating. Once made, their choice stays made. Regardless of the reason for the delay, it is delaying the restart.

This is entirely different than a player who realizes the ball is in a divot and tries to better position the ball in the same location, so long as she does so promptly.

[Camron Rust]

It wasn't A or B, could have been either C or D (or both). It was near the end of the game with the kicking team being ahead by 2. I was the AR in front of the coach who was down by 2 and he wanted something called. The C didn't call anything. We talked about it after the game and none of us were sure if it was legal or not.

My inclination would, if I were the C, to just add time if it amounted to anything. Stopping the game for a warning would take even more time (in which case, I'd probably add some for that too).

I do that when the team that is ahead near the end of the game has to chase the ball to get it for a kick but doesn't exactly hustle to get it back in play.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It wasn't A or B, could have been either C or D (or both). It was near the end of the game with the kicking team being ahead by 2. I was the AR in front of the coach who was down by 2 and he wanted something called. The C didn't call anything. We talked about it after the game and none of us were sure if it was legal or not.

My inclination would, if I were the C, to just add time if it amounted to anything. Stopping the game for a warning would take even more time (in which case, I'd probably add some for that too).

I do that when the team that is ahead near the end of the game has to chase the ball to get it for a kick but doesn't exactly hustle to get it back in play.

It makes a big difference how early the time wasting starts to. If it's halfway through the second half, you need to card it so that the other team understands it's being taken care of.

On the other hand, if it's in the last few minutes, a shout to put it in play along with a gesture to your watch can let everyone know they aren't getting away with it.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It wasn't A or B, could have been either C or D (or both). It was near the end of the game with the kicking team being ahead by 2. I was the AR in front of the coach who was down by 2 and he wanted something called. The C didn't call anything. We talked about it after the game and none of us were sure if it was legal or not.

My inclination would, if I were the C, to just add time if it amounted to anything. Stopping the game for a warning would take even more time (in which case, I'd probably add some for that too).

I do that when the team that is ahead near the end of the game has to chase the ball to get it for a kick but doesn't exactly hustle to get it back in play.

It also makes a difference if it is a NFHS game -- in which you CAN stop the clock at your discretion -- to have a discussion with the keeper about the delay. In USSF, you CAN'T stop the clock, BUT you CAN add time on at the end.

If doing a tournament with the "no added time" provision, you are better off "verbally or visually" communicating to the player to get the game moving. Even in tournaments in which "no added time" is the rule, the tournaments do NOT want a team taking advantage of that provision. A STERN warning to the coach (accompanied with a threat to send the coach off if the team continues the behavior) has always worked for me.

[phatneff]

Agreed with CoachNRef.

Eastshire, what if the team that is taking the kick is down by 4 goals and wants to re-position the ball? Are you going to caution that player for delay? If so, why? He/she is wasting his/her own team's time by doing so, so it's on him/her.