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the 18 yd box is mostly used for goal kicks, the keeper's bounderies, and penalty kicks. for goal kicks, the ball must go beyond the 18 yd box. the keeper can only use his/her hands inside the box. if there is a foul commited in the box then you get a direct freekick 12 yds away from the goal.
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FranThis is typically called the penalty area and serves two purposes. 1) Inside this area the goalkeeper can play the ball with his hands (unless it is passed directly to him by a teammate), and 2) If the defensive team commits a foul which would ordinarily result in a Direct Free Kick for the offense, the offensive team is instead given a Penalty Kick. This is a one-on-one kick where one player from the offensive team (not necessarily the one who got fouled), places the ball on a mark 12 yards away from the goalie and gets to take a shot.
The part-circle on the top edge of the Penalty Area is called the Penalty Arc. It is less than a full semicircle, and is a 10-yard radius from the Penalty Mark. It's there to keep players 10 yards away from the ball during a penalty kick. It is often called "the D" because of its shape.
The so-called "18-yard box" is properly called the Penalty Area. It is 44 yards wide (left and right) and 18 yards deep (from the goal line toward midfield, and the origin of the nickname).
The Penalty Area contains the Goal Area (the "six-yard box") and the Penalty Mark (12 yards from the center of the goal, or halfway between the edges of the goal area and penalty area lines).
Attached to the Penalty Area is an arc (the "Penalty Arc") that forms that part of a 10-yard circle from the Penalty Mark which lies outside of the Penalty Area. This arc is not part of the Penalty Area; it just indicates where players cannot be during a penalty kick.
The penalty area is a rectangle 18 yards by 44 yards. This is an area that defines where the defending goal keeper may handle the ball. It is also an area where a defensive direct free kick foul is promoted to a penalty kick.
The goal area is a rectangle 6 yards by 20 yards. This is an area wherein a goal kick may be taken. It also defines the closest distance from which an offensive indirect free kick may be taken.
Please note that there is no marking on a soccer field that is called the "goalie box", but the term usually refers to the penalty area.
Three are two different "boxes" in soccer: the goal box and the penalty box.
The goal box is the small box in front of the goal within which the ball must be placed to take a goal kick. (The ball can also be placed on the line). Size will vary by age group & your soccer club's rules. On adult sized fields the Goal Box extends six yards or 5.5 m from the Goal and Goal Line into the field and for this reason it is sometimes referred to as the "Six". According the official FIFA "laws of the game":
Two lines are drawn at right angles to the goal line, 5.5 m (6 yds) from the inside of each goalpost. These lines extend into the field of play for a distance of 5.5 m (6 yds) and are joined by a line drawn parallel with the goal line. The area bounded by these lines and the goal line is the goal area.
The penalty box, penalty area or simply "the box" is rectangular and extends 16.5 metres (54 ft) to each side of the goal and 16.5 metres (54 ft) in front of it. Previously, penalty areas extended the width of the field, but were reduced to their current dimensions in 1901. The penalty box includes the goal box. According the FIFA "laws of the game":
Two lines are drawn at right angles to the goal line, 16.5 m (18 yds) from the inside of each goalpost. These lines extend into the field of play for a distance of 16.5 m (18 yds) and are joined by a line drawn parallel with the goal line. The area bounded by these lines and the goal line is the penalty area.
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