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| Preliminaries |
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A coin is tossed and the team which wins the toss decides which goal it will attack in the first half of the game. |
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The other team takes the kick-off to start the game. |
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The team which won the toss take the kick-off on the second half of the game. |
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For the second half, both teams switch fields and attack the opposite goals. |
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| Kick off is a way of starting or restarting play: |
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at the start of the match. |
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after a goal has been scored. |
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at the start of the second half of the match. |
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at the start of each period of extra time, where applicable. |
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a goal may be scored directly from a kick-off. |
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| Kick off procedure |
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All players are in their own half of the field. |
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Opponents of the team taking the kick-off are at least 10 yards from the ball until it is in play. |
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The referee gives a signal. |
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The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves forward. |
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The kicker may not touch the ball a second time until it has been touched by another player. |
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If the kicker touches the ball a second time before any other player, and indirect free kick is awarded to the other team. |
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After a goal is scored, a kick-off is taken by the team who was scored on. |
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Any other infringement from the kick-off procedures requires the kick-off to be retaken. |
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| Dropped Ball |
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When the referee stops play for any other reason not in the Laws of the Game, a dropped ball is the way of restarting play. |
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The referee drops the ball at the place where it was located when play was stopped. |
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Play restarts when the ball touches the ground. |
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