An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area,
commits any of the following offences:
• touches the ball with the hand/arm, unless the goalkeeper has clearly kicked
or attempted to kick the ball to release it into play, after:
•it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate
•receiving it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate
I understand the intention of the law, but as it is written, a goalkeeper can 'kick' the ball 'to release it' from a backpass and pick it up every single time (obviously you wouldn't let that happen). Not to mention 'to release it into play' implies that the goalkeeper has the ball in their hands already - they need better proofreaders...
The laws shouldn't be written in a way that you have to do mental gymnastics to figure out what they actually mean.
commits any of the following offences:
• touches the ball with the hand/arm, unless the goalkeeper has clearly kicked
or attempted to kick the ball to release it into play, after:
•it has been deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate
•receiving it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate
I understand the intention of the law, but as it is written, a goalkeeper can 'kick' the ball 'to release it' from a backpass and pick it up every single time (obviously you wouldn't let that happen). Not to mention 'to release it into play' implies that the goalkeeper has the ball in their hands already - they need better proofreaders...
The laws shouldn't be written in a way that you have to do mental gymnastics to figure out what they actually mean.