The penalty spot or penalty mark.
If the defending team commits a foul inside their box then it is deemed a penalty.
It is called the penalty arc. It is to ensure that defenders are 10 yards from the penalty spot when a penalty kick is taken.
You are probably referring to the penalty mark.
You get a penalty when you are fouled inside the opposing team's penalty/goalkeeper's box.
The D keeps players 10yds from the penalty spot during a PK. If no D was on the top of the penalty box players would be 6yds from the spot.
In soccer, the goal box is a smaller area inside the penalty box where the goalkeeper can handle the ball, while the penalty box is a larger area where fouls committed by the defending team can result in a penalty kick for the attacking team.
The main differences are that a penalty is only taken from the penalty spot inside the box, and a free kick is taken from where the offence took place, and can happen anywhere on the pitch unless it was a penalty. The opposition is allowed to put up a wall of players to defend the free kick, in a penalty it is only the penalty taker against the goalkeeper.
1980 when a player hit a ref with his stick they threw him out and called it a penalty box
Well all you have to do you have to put the ball inside the box on the dot.
you have asked the wrong question it's called a penalty box there is no such thing as a freekick box
The only people allowed inside the 18 yard box for a penalty are the goal keeper penalty taker and referee. if any other player moves into the box before the kick is taken they penalty is retaken
they're called out.