penalty kicks
1Penalty shootout (association football) — Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a draw in a game of football. Kicks during a shootout… …
2penalty shoot-out — noun An attempt to settle a tied football match by having each team take a series of penalty kicks • • • Main Entry: ↑penalty * * * ˌpenalty ˈshoot out [penalty shoot out] noun (in football ( ↑ …
3penalty shoot-out — n an occasion when each team in a football match takes penalty kicks until one team misses the ↑goal used as a way of deciding which team will win when the ordinary part of the match has ended in a ↑draw …
4Penalty kick — A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres) out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.A penalty kick is… …
5Penalty shootout — A penalty shootout or simply shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form …
6Penalty area — The penalty area (colloquiallly also known as the 18 yard box, penalty box or simply the box), is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends 16.5 metres (18 yards) to each side of the goal and 16.5 metres in front of… …
7Penalty shot (ice hockey) — In ice hockey, a penalty shot is a type of penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non offending team is given an attempt to score a goal… …
8penalty kick — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty kick : singular penalty kick plural penalty kicks in football, rugby, and similar sports, a chance to kick the ball directly into the goal or between the goalposts without other players trying to take… …
9penalty spot — noun Soccer the point within the penalty area from which penalty kicks are taken …
10penalty spot — noun a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken …
