So the lone player takes the kick off, but short then plays it again.

[oh liner]

I give an indirect free kick to the opposition. Correct or not? Just did what I thought to be right.

 

[ASM]

Yep, spot on

 

[Dutch Referee Blog]

Yes. It's the same as with taking a free kick or corner kick twice.

 

[Goldfish]

Hi
With the lone kicker it is now a clearer double touch infringement. IDFK from where the second touch happened

 

[Peter Grove]

It makes absolutely no difference whether the kick off taker is on his own, has a team mate nearby or even if all 11 players on his team were in close attendance, he cannot touch the ball a second time before another player has done so. The law change regarding direction of travel of the ball has no bearing whatsoever in this case.

 

[RefJef]

Did a game yesterday, whilst chatting to the CAR at half time he asked if kick offs now had to go backwards as that is all he has seen this summer.

 

[GraemeS]

I had a manager ask me if the kick-off was allowed to just be kicked directly forward into an opponents corner. Such a strange question I really struggled to get my head round it - of course the eventual answer was "Yes, but you've always been able to do that and no one ever did, so why would you want to?"

 

[bloovee]

Bonus points to the first referee to give a IDFK for a second touch after the player plays it a second time after it rebounds from goal post or bar (at either end)....