When is contact with the goalkeeper illegal?
Contact and safety · Rule 10.10.2–10.10.9
Moving or unbalancing a positioned goalkeeper without the ball is an illegal tackle. The rule also covers players pushed into the goalkeeper, whether they could avoid contact, and what happens when the goalkeeper reaches for a ball on the water.
How it works
Moving or unbalancing a positioned goalkeeper without the ball is an illegal tackle. The rule also covers players pushed into the goalkeeper, whether they could avoid contact, and what happens when the goalkeeper reaches for a ball on the water. Who caused contact and whether the players could avoid it can change the decision.
In a game
An attacker drives directly into a protected goalkeeper who has no possession.
Remember
Who caused contact and whether the players could avoid it can change the decision.