Duration of the Game

Law 7

Equal periods – Quarters or Halves Clock starts at Kick Off Keeps running Period ends when time is up Extend time only for Penalty Kick Add time for:

Injury Wasting time Amount is at the referee’s discretion

Timing

U-7/8 – Four 10 minute quarters U-9/10 – Four 12 minute quarters U-12 – Two 30 minute halves U-14 – Two 35 minute halves

Half time – no less than 5, no more than 10 minutes

Quarter time – no more than 2 minutes

KMSL Times

Start & Restart of Play

Law 8

Referee tosses coin Visiting team captain calls it Winner chooses direction of play Loser kicks off

Coin Toss

Count players on the field AR’s line up even with second to last

players Referee visually checks that players

and AR’s are ready Defending players are not in center

circle All players are in their half of the field

Before Kick-Off

Ball is stationary on Center Mark Referee gives signal for Kick-Off (how?) What happens if taken before signal?

Retake Kick Ball is in play when it is kicked and moves

forward Kicker can not play the ball a second time,

another player has to touch it first (double touch) (IFK for opposing team)

May score a goal on a Kick-Off

Kick-Off

Dropped Ball

A dropped ball is a way of restarting the match after a temporary stoppage which becomes necessary, while the ball is in play, for any reason not mentioned elsewhere in the Laws of the Game

Dropped Ball Procedures•Referee drops ball (from waist high)

•Where ball was when play was stopped (except in goal area)

•No players required (2 players traditional)

•Re-drop if:•touched by player before it hits ground

•ball leaves field before touched

Ball In & Out of Play

Law 9

Which balls are in & out of play

Ball In & Out of Play

A

C D

E

B

Ball In Play

•If ball rebounds from•Goalpost, or•Crossbar, or•Corner flagpost and remains in the field of play•Referee or Assistant Referee, if they are on the field of play

•Until the referee stops play for any reason

Boundary Lines

Lines belong to the areas of which they are boundaries

This includes:•Touch lines•Goal lines•Goal areas•Penalty areas•Corner areas

Method of Scoring

Law 10

Definition of a Goal

•A goal is scored when the whole ball has:•Crossed the goal line•Between the uprights (goalposts)•Under the crossbar•Provided that no infringement of the Laws of the Game has been committed previously by the team scoring the goal.

•And it was propelled in a legal manner.

No Goal

Goal

No Goal

No Goal

WHAT’S A GOAL? AND WHAT’S NOT?

Exceptions

•A goal cannot be scored directly from:

•An indirect free kick (IFK)

•Restart - Goal Kick

•Any free kick into your own goal

•Restart – Corner Kick

•A throw-in

•Restart?

Outside Interference

• If the ball is prevented from passing over the goal line by an “outside agent”

•A spectator

•An animal

•Another ball

•Any other thing

Dropped ball where contact was made

*except in the goal area

If a team is down by 5 or more points, a team can add a player.

Not required to add player.

Referee is to remind the coach of the rule when the spread is 5 points.

Coach is to inform referee when adding extra player.

Referee informs opposing coach.

Extra player is removed when spread returns to 4 points

KMSL 5 Point Rule