An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own defence area,
commits any of the following offences:
• takes more than fifteen seconds while holding the ball before releasing it from his possession
• holds the ball again after it has been released from his possession and has not touched any
other robot
An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a robot:
• contacts the goalkeeper where the point of contact is in the defence area
• dribbles the ball over 1000 mm, measured linearly from the ball location where the dribbling
started
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• touches the ball such that the top of the ball travels more than 150 mm from the ground, and
the ball subsequently enters their opponent’s goal, without having either touched a teammate
(while below 150 mm) or remained in contact with the ground (stopped bouncing).
• kicks the ball such that it exceeds 8 m/s in speed
• tips over, breaks or drops parts on the field in a way that gives its team unfair advantage
• touches the ball such that the ball, without touching any other robot, subsequently crosses
the midline and then the opponent’s goal line without entering the opponent’s goal
• touches the ball while in play, while being located partially or entirely within its opponent’s
defense area
• commits any other offence, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped
to caution or dismiss a robot
The free kick is taken from where the offence occurred.