In football, the free kick makes it possible to restart the game after a foul called by the referee.
Free throw is a concept used in the field of sports to refer to a certain play that is linked to a type of throw .
It should be noted that throwing is the act and result of throwing : throwing, throwing or discarding something. Libre , for its part, is an adjective that is associated with freedom (autonomy or independence).
free kick in soccer
In football , the free kick allows the game to be resumed after a foul called by the judge. Suppose that a defender commits an infringement against an opposing striker by hitting him and the referee calls the foul. The team to which the hit player belongs will have a free throw in their favor; In this way, when the judge indicates it, a player from the team will proceed to execute the free kick that will allow the match to resume. The name this play has received is due to the fact that rivals can only oppose the shot from a distance set by the regulations, without having the possibility of getting closer or interrupting the shot.
Football also includes free kicks when a field footballer touches the ball (ball) with his hand or when a goalkeeper ( goalkeeper ) does the same outside his own area .
It should be noted that, depending on the type of infraction, the free kick can be direct (the player can kick directly towards the goal) or indirect (the ball must be touched by at least two players before entering the rival goal for the goal to be scored). be valid).
The free throw in basketball is always taken from the same distance.
The notion in basketball
The free throw also appears in basketball (or basketball ). In this case, the throw is made from a line marked on the playing field, which is 5.80 meters from the bottom line and 4.60 meters from the structure on which the basket is inserted (the so-called backboard). . This score is worth a single point , but that doesn't make it any less important than other shots; In fact, given that there are usually many free throws throughout a match , their relevance to the final score is very high.
The basketball free throw is indicated as a result of a penalty indicated by the referees , whether for technical or personal fouls. It is known that the percentage of scoring probabilities when making one of these throws is very high, both among professionals and amateurs, and this is due to the "mechanical" nature of it: it is always made from the same point on the court , the same distance from the basket and without opponents trying to block it. By not allowing counterattacks, there are no unpredictable elements that can affect the play, and that is why it is enough to practice the free kick over and over again during training to increase the chances of success.
This opportunity that the regulations grant a player to score a point without the intervention of the opposing team has, however, its fine print; For example, the shot must be taken within 5 seconds of the referee giving the ball to the player , and the player cannot stand on the line until the ball has touched or gone through the ring. If we add this to the pressure that athletes usually experience in the middle of a confrontation open to the public, the free throw is not exactly a guaranteed point, but also requires a combination of precision and emotional stability.
The most common way to execute the throw is to place your arms above your head, arched so that the elbow of the strong arm is at face level. However, in the past the technique called spooning was normal: with the arms extended downwards and carrying out a rotation movement centered on the shoulders, the ball was brought upwards.