How to Make Indirect Kicks in Soccer

Video Transcript

"Hi, My name is Christopher Howell with Expert Village. Today I'm going to talk to you today about how to watch soccer and it's basics. Some of the fouls and misconduct that you will encounter on the field is sometimes the other player will reach over and grab your shirt. If the ref won't be able to see it unless he's paying close attention when he grabs your shirt what that does is when you go to take off or go to get the ball it kind of stops you or jerk you. It's like a holding call. If the ref sees it he'll say holding right there and he will move the ball to that spot directly on the field. Wherever the ball is at that point and time he'll stop it and go ahead and give it to the other team to go ahead and take their indirect kick. He's already warned you, he's not going to give you a card because it's not that serious. To show you he going to stick to his word he's being a little bit firm, he will give you an indirect kick. Indirect kick means you must have one other player's foot touch that ball before it can go into anyone's goal. I can't kick it straight into the goal. If I were to kick it straight into the goal because of this indirect kick it doesn't count. You got to redo the kick again. So I need to pass it to someone first or kick it and hit one of the other players. It must touch somebody else before I can kick it into that goal."