"In soccer, how far does ""the wall"" of players have to be from the spot where a free kick is to be taken?"
Direct free kick is less than from the spot where the kick is taken, the kick is re-taken unless the kicking team chooses to do a quick free kick (see above). An opponent also may be cautioned (yellow card) for failing to retreat 10 yards. For a kick taken by a team inside their own penalty area, the ball is not considered in play until it has left the area. If the ball fails to travel directly out of the penalty area the kick is retaken. The kicker will concede an indirect free kick to their opponents if they touch the ball again
Free kick (Australian rules football) the spot of the free kick can be shifted under the following four circumstances. Because players are lined up on an angle with the centre of the goals, free kicks taken close to goal were often forced around to very wide angles. Starting in 2006, the spot of any free kick paid in the goal square was moved so that the kick was taken from directly in front. If a free kick is awarded for a rules infringement which does not involve the ball-carrier or a contest for the ball, it is said to be "off-the-ball". An off-the-ball free kick