do you do that with corners and say, a long throw?
I have never in all my years heard of this practise, disclaimer, am in no way judging the rectitude of the procedure but this is new.
when setting up a ceremonial direct hit, getting wall back etc, I do glance at gk, is he somewhere where you would expect him to be but, penalising the defender is intended to give a reward to the attacker, thats the whole purpose of the orignal free kick. To then basically give the gk an undeserved benefit is surely diluting the impact of the original call.
i cannot recall ever hearing of asking a gk if he is ready to face a freekick.