[header] How to punt a soccer ball [title] Punt only if you're the goalie. [step] The only player on the soccer field who will ever pick up the ball for a punt is the goalie. There is no circumstance in soccer that allows any other player to punt the ball. 
While you might be called on occasionally in practice to pick up the ball and punt it, it's not a skill that you need to practice unless you're the goalie. [substeps] Punts must be made within the 18 yard (16.