There is no law about passing a ball backwards to the goal keeper. Direction is completely unimportant.
If a player makes a pass with the foot to their own goal keeper, in any direction, then the goal keeper may not touch the ball with their hands. The consequence is an indirect free kick restart for the opponents where the goal keeper picked it up.
A deflection would not be considered such a pass. It would have to be a deliberate play by the defender.
The so-called "Back Pass" rule means that the goalkeeper cannot handle the ball, even within his own penalty area, if it was deliberately kicked to him by a teammate. If the goalkeeper violates this rule, an indirect free kick is awarded to the attacking team at the point where the goalkeeper handled the ball. Note that a penalty kick can never be awarded for a goalkeeper's handling.
In the sport of soccer, a back pass is the passing back of the ball to the goalkeeper such that, according to Law 12 of the Laws of the Game of Association Football, they prohibit the goalkeeper from handling the ball when a teammate has deliberately kicked the ball to him, or from handling the ball directly from a teammate's throw-in.
In the sport of soccer, a back pass is the passing back of the ball to the goalkeeper such that, according to Law 12 of the Laws of the Game of Association Football, they prohibit the goalkeeper from handling the ball when a teammate has deliberately kicked the ball to him, or from handling the ball directly from a teammate's throw-in.
If a defender passes the ball back to his own goalkeeper using his feet then the keeper cannot pick it up, he can only use his feet to clear or pass the ball. however if the defender passes the ball back to his keeper using another part of his body (excluding arms and hands) then the goalkeeper can pick it up.
No the goalkeeper no longer is allowed to catch a back pass.
The rule was introduced ahead of, and used in, Euro 2000.
Yes it can be done, as it is not a back pass.
Use the same rule as for passing motorized vehicles in almost all instances.
The Passing of the Third Floor Back was created in 1935.
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Having the goalkeeper keep possession with his hands for more than 6 seconds is an Indirect Free Kick offense. Having the goalkeeper take possession with his hands directly from a deliberate pass from the feet of a team-mate is an Indirect Free Kick offense. The two offenses have nothing in common, other than that they share the same consequence.
The four defenders start at the back, the first row in front of the goalkeeper.