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Restraining Lines
ARTICLE 3. For any free kick formation the kicking team`s restraining line
shall be the yard-line through the forward-most point from which the ball may be
kicked. The receiving team`s restraining line shall be the yard line twenty yards
beyond that point. It is encroachment for any playerother than the kicker and the
holder to be beyond the free kick line after the ball is ready for play and until it is
kicked.
Recovery of a Free Kick
ARTICLE 4. No player of the kicking team shall touch a free kick before it
reaches the receiver`s restraining line. Thereafter, all players of the kicking team
become eligible to touch, recover, or catch the kick. However, no player of the
kicking team may interfere with the receiving team`s opportunity to catch the ball.
A free kick touched by a player of the kicking team which then touches the
ground is dead at the spot at which it touches the ground. If first touched before
reaching the restraining line of the receiving team, it belongs to the receiving
team. If first touched after reaching the restraining line of the receiving team, the
ball belongs to the kicking team. Afree kick touched by a player of the receiving
team, which then touches the grQ,und, is dead at the spot at which it touches the
ground and belongs to the receiving team.
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