If, at the time the ball enters play, a member of the kicker’s team occupies the area closer than
200 mm to the opponent’s defence area:
• an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team, the kick to be taken from the location
of the ball when the infringement occurred (see Law 13)
If, after the ball enters play other than due to a forced restart, the kicker touches the ball a second
time (without holding the ball) before it has touched another robot:
• an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team, the kick to be taken from the place
where the infringement occurred (see Law 13)
If, after the ball enters play other than due to a forced restart, the kicker deliberately holds the ball
before it has touched another robot:
• a direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team, the kick to be taken from the place where
the infringement occurred (see Law 13)
If, after a signal to restart play is given, the ball does not enter play within 10 seconds or lack of
progress clearly indicates that the ball will not enter play within 10 seconds:
• the play is stopped by a signal from the referee,
• all robots have to move 500 mm from the ball
• a forced restart is indicated, and
• once the referee indicates the forced restart, robots from either team may approach and touch
the ball