Goal (sport) placed at each end of the playing field. Each structure usually consists of two vertical posts, called "goal posts", supporting a horizontal "crossbar". A "goal line" marked on the playing surface between the goal posts demarcates the goal area. Thus, the objective is to send the ball or puck between the goal posts, under or over the crossbar (depending on the sport), and across the goal line. Less commonly, as in basketball or netball, goals are ring-shaped. The structure is often accompanied with an auxiliary net, which stops or slows down the ball when a goal is scored. In some
Goal kick is found in the first version of the Sheffield rules (1858). The original FA rules of 1863 defined the "free kick from the goal line", the ancestor of the goal-kick, thus: There are several differences between this "free kick from the goal line" and the modern goal-kick: It was not possible for a player to be offside from such a kick, a feature of the laws that has remained constant to the present day. In 1866, the law was changed to award a goal-kick to the defending team regardless of which team touched the ball. (If the attacking team touched