The kick off is neither direct nor indirect, they are three different restarts. A goal may be scored from a kick off.
Yes. A player may score directly from a kickoff, goal kick, corner kick, direct free kick, or dropped ball. A player may not score directly from an indirect free kick or throw-in.
A direct kick one of the eight restarts of a soccer match.
The game begins with the referees whistle blown, followed by the kick off.
Yes, you can be called offside on direct free kicks and indirect free kicks. You cannot be offside on a throw-in, goal kick, corner kick, or kickoff, though.
Yes. Anyone on the field can score a direct or indirect free kick.
You cannot score an own-goal on a direct free kick. The restart would be a corner kick for the opponents.
A direct free kick or a penalty kick almost always follows a foul.
Yes, you can be called offside on direct free kicks and indirect free kicks. You cannot be offside on a throw-in, goal kick, corner kick, or kickoff, though.
The kick-off is known as just that - the kick-off. It is signaled by the referee as one long blow on the whistle. It occurs at the start of each half, the start of each period of extra time, and after any goal is scored. A kick off is direct meaning a goal may be scored directly from a kick-off.
A direct free kick is a kick that requires only one person to touch it before it goes into the goal to count.
In soccer, there is no rule as to how far the ball must travel. The person who starts with the ball could kick it backward, to the person next to them, or down the field.
A direct free kick or a penalty kick depending on where the foul occurred.