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Getting rid of the wall in free kicks.


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By Decentric - 2 Mar 2015 8:59 AM

I've thought for some time about the possibility of getting rid of the wall in free kicks. I've had players suffer damage to teeth and painful incidents of free kicks hitting heads of players standing in walls.

I've sometimes wondered if the game would be better if it was a contest between the player shooting from range and the keeper, with no wall.

Thoughts?

Edited by Decentric: 2/3/2015 10:26:42 AM
By TheSelectFew - 2 Mar 2015 9:29 PM

Decentric wrote:
u4486662 wrote:
which players have been hurt in walls?

Are players allowed to protect their face/genitals with their hands in the wall. I think players are allowed to do this, provided they don't move their hand away from their body. Or allow players to put mouth guards in for walls.

If you removed the wall, a hell of a lot more goals would be scored. For free-kicks close to the box, it would almost be like a penalty.


Some I've coached and from other teams playing them have been hurt.

I've seen NPL players hurt too.

Players are allowed to protect their groin.


Happened in the game I went to last weekend. The fella was hit in the temple and took a while to shake off the knock.