A direct free kick (or DFK) is awarded when the opposing team has committed a penal foul as defined in Law 12 outside of their own defensive penalty area.
You have to take the free kick. That's an old rule that dates back to the days when you could take a mark in soccer and rugby. Rugby kept it (from within the defensive 22, anyway) and retained the rule that the mark must be followed by a free kick.
Yes, a goalkeeper can take a penalty kick during a soccer match.
Here there will be no penalty given, only a direct free kick from the location of the foul.
No, in soccer, the player who is awarded a penalty kick must take the kick themselves and cannot pass it to a teammate.
The player who is designated to take a penalty kick on the soccer team is typically the one with the best accuracy and skill in scoring from the penalty spot.
Indirect free kick.
Although this technically could be called deliberate handling, resulting in a direct free kick at the point of the infraction, in reality a referee will consider this trifling and will let it go with a verbal warning to the goalkeeper. The more the behavior persists, the more likely a handling call will occur.
A direct free kick is a method of (re)starting play. One of its distinguishing characteristics is that a goal can be scored directly from this free kick. There are a few times when this (the direct free kick) happens, so let's look at each one. (Some direct free kicks are "specialized" kicks. But in all of the direct free kicks, the referee does not hold up his arm (as he does for an indirect free kick) and a goal can be scored from the direct free kick. A kick-off. At the start of each half (and any extra time intervals) and upon a goal by one team, the ball is placed on the centre mark and a kick-off is taken. It's a direct free kick. A goal can be scored from a kick-off. A corner kick. A corner kick is used to restart play after a defender has last touched a ball than then crossed wholely over the goal line but did not score a goal. The ball is spotted within the corner arc. It is a direct free kick and a goal can be scored from the corner. A penalty kick. It's as specialized a direct free kick as the game can permit. It is taken from the spot within the penalty area, and the player kicking the ball is going to try to put it directly in the net. A no brainer. A major foul by a defender in the penalty area can bring a penalty kick, and kicks from the mark to decide drawn games are taken as per the penalty kick (except that only one touch of the ball is played). A direct free kick awarded for a foul per Law 12. The ball is spotted at the point of the foul. If, in the opinion of the referee, a player commits a major foul during play as set down in Law 12, a direct free kick is used to restart play. (A foul like, say, pushing, during set up for a corner kick does not change the fact that the corner kick is to be taken to restart play. The referee may caution a player or even send a player off, but the corner is still the correct restart.) A goal kick. A goal kick is taken by the defending team after a ball last touched by the attacking team crosses wholely over the goal line but not into the goal. Any defender may take the goal kick and the ball is spotted anywhere within the goal box. A goal can be scored directly from the goal kick, but not against the team taking the kick.
clearance
According to the international Laws of the Game administered by FIFA, a whistle is not needed to restart from a "free kick, goal kick, corner kick, throw in." Furthermore, a whistle is required for the following:• start play (1st, 2nd half), after a goal• stop play:- for a free kick or penalty kick- if the match is suspended or abandoned- when a period of play has ended due to the expiration of time• restart play for:- free kicks when the appropriate distance is required- penalty kicks• restart play after it has been stopped due to:- the issue of a yellow or red card for misconduct- injury- substitution.This information is obtained from The Laws of the Game2010, p. 76.Footnotes and Further Review:Law 5 - The RefereeLaw 12 - Fouls and MisconductLaw 13 - Free Kicks.
When someone goes to the opposite side of the play line. Usually, I think its a loss of down and 5yard penalty.
Following possession of a kickoffWhen a team has forced the other team to punt away, and calls a fair catch, they are entitled to take a free kick (fair catch kick in the NFL). This is basically a kick off the ground from where you caught the fair catch. This is different from any other kick because there is no snap and the defense does not rush the kicker.This is only of use if there is little or no time remaining and the ball is caught within field goal distance, which would be the intent of the kick. The kick is taken from the yard line of the catch, not from behind a line of scrimmage.Following a safetyA team that gives up a safety delivers a free kick from its own 20-yard line, either from a punt, a placekick without a tee, or a dropkick. A safety scores 2 points and possession from the free kick.