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PENALTIES
1. A penalty should be awarded
when:
a. Any foul is committed by
the defence within the
small parallelogram.
b. A personal foul is
committed by the
defence on an attacking
player within the large
parallelogram.
c. Where an Attacking player
in the large parallelogram
has her hands on the ball
and the opponent kicks
the ball, the referee shall
award a penalty even
though the boot may not
have come in contact with the player's hand.
2. Where a defending player illegally charges a 13m free kick directly in
front of the goal, a penalty shall be awarded.
3. Penalties shall be taken from the ground at the centre point 11m
directly in front of the goal. All other players except the goalkeeper
shall be outside the 20m line.
4. The goalkeeper may move along her goal line but cannot advance
from the goal line until the ball has been kicked.
5. If the goalkeeper moves forward before the ball is kicked and the ball
goes wide, she saves it or deflects the ball over the bar, the penalty
should be retaken.
6. It is only the player wearing the distinctive jersey enjoys the rights
and privileges of a goalkeeper.
