What is the definition of a penalty kick?

Answer 1

A penalty kick is the method of restarting play when a defender commits a direct free kick offense within their own penalty area. There are 10 direct free kick offenses listed in the Laws of the Game.

Play is stopped.

The goalkeeper must be on the goal line, between the posts, and facing forward until the kick is taken.

All non-kicking players must be outside of the penalty area, outside of the penalty arc, and behind the ball until the kick is taken. The ball is placed on the penalty mark.

The whistle is blown.

The kicking player may stutter step, but not stop, and must kick the ball once the plant foot is down.

The kicking player may not touch the ball a second time until another player has touched it.

Answer 2

A penalty kick is taken from the Penalty Mark, a painted disc 12 yards from the goal line and equidistant from the goal posts. The ball is considered to be legally placed if any part of it is on or over any part of the penalty mark.

Answer 3

A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards(approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal. A penalty kick is performed during normal play. Similar kicks are made in a penalty shootout to determine who progresses after a tied match; though similar in procedure these are not penalty kicks and are governed by different rules. A penalty kick is a direct free kick, which means that he can score a goal without another person having to touch the ball first. You cannot score a goal straight from an indirect free kick

Answer 4

There is no "penalty kick circle."

There is a penalty arc, which is part of a circle.