What's the attacking player 1 m from the ball rule? Not sure about how I feel about the ball not needing to leave the box after a goal kick...
What I would REALLY like to see is a mandatory rest period of 5 minutes after injuries requiring treatment! That will speed up the game and weed out all the divers...
http://theifab.com/news/clarification-law-16-the-g...
2. Opponent in the penalty area when a goal kick is taken
Law 16 requires all opponents to be outside the
penalty area until the goal kick is taken and if an opponent remains
inside or enters the penalty area before the kick is taken and plays,
challenges or touches the ball, the goal kick is retaken.
However, Law 16 also applies the ‘quick’ free kick principles outlined in Law 13 – Free Kicks, 3. Offences and sanctions that if any opponents are in the penalty areas because they did not have time to leave, the referee allows play to continue.
In practical terms, this means that referees should manage goal kicks
(and defending team free kicks in their own penalty area) in the same
way as they manage free kicks:
- Unless the kick is taken quickly, opposing players
should be required to be outside the penalty area and remain outside
until the kick has been taken.
- If the kick is taken quickly and an opponent genuinely did not have time to leave the penalty area,
the opponent may not interfere with or prevent the taking of the kick
but may intercept the ball once it is in play. This is allowed because
the defending team, as at a quick free kick, tried to gain an advantage
by taking the kick quickly and if this ‘goes wrong’ the Law is not there
to ‘save’ them.
- Players who deliberately remain inside or
enter the penalty area before the kick is taken should not gain an
unfair advantage, even if the kick is taken quickly.
If an opposing player commits an offence (as
outlined above) the goal kick is retaken; there is no disciplinary
sanction unless the offence occurs a number of times (persistent
misconduct).
Referees are skilled at managing 9.15m at free kicks
and they should apply these skills and principles to the management of
goal kicks and defending team free kicks in their own penalty area.