drop ball
Soccer neutral restart
A drop ball is a method of restarting play in soccer when the referee stops the game for reasons other than a foul—typically an injury or equipment issue.
The referee drops the ball to a player of one team, with opponents required to stay a set distance away until it's touched.
The term also appears in other sports with similar restart procedures.
- restartCommence anew
- kickoffOpening play in football
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- match officialSports game supervisor
- foulOffensive or illegal
soccer · bounce · fumble · loose · neutral · center circle · whistle · pitch · midfield · contested · possession · scramble · handball · infringement · fair play · stoppage · rolling · ground
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- Softballbat, batter, batting, catcher, pitcher
- soccer restartskickoff, goal kick, corner kick, throw-in, free kick
- soccer techniquesfree kick, corner kick, penalty spot, goal kick, throw-in
- set piecesfree kick, corner kick, penalty kick, throw-in, kickoff
- game startskickoff, tip-off, tipoff, face-off, starting gun
restart method in football/soccer
drop ballfree kick
Unobstructed restart after foul
penalty kick · throw-in · goal kick · corner kick · indirect free kick
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