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Summary: Drop balls in indoor soccer are a bit different, get expert tips and advice on footballing skills, moves, and rules in this free video.
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Bill Celio and Tom Wright Bill Celio played soccer in high school, then at Grand Valley State University, and now he coaches varsity soccer. Tom Wright played for Coach Celio for three... read more
In this clip, we're going to talk about drop balls. Now, drop balls happen with the referee stops the game, takes the ball and has one player, from each team come stand next to one another and he drops the ball. Now the ball comes into play, as soon as it touches the ground and then the game resumes. Reasons there could be a drop ball is, if the ball comes off of two players, at the exact same time and goes out-of-bounds and there's no distinct person, of who it went off of, an official will usually call a drop ball because he's unaware of who the ball went off of. Also, if there are multiple fouls, in an incident, say there's a fight or something like that, a lot of times the play will start with a drop ball just because, both teams had a foul. Another reason why there might be a drop ball is just because of outside interference. Another ball could get on the soccer field or somebody's dog could be running loose, across the soccer field and the play will stop and usually a drop ball, if there is no absolute possession of the ball, a drop ball will be awarded.