Which of the following dead ball situations can you be offside from?
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Corner kick
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Free kick
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Throw-In
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Kick off
In football, you can be offside from a free kick because the ball is in play when kicked and attackers can position themselves beyond the last defender. You cannot be offside from corner kicks, throw-ins, or kick-offs because these are restart situations where offside doesn't apply until the ball is played forward.
Correct answer: Free kick. Per IFAB Laws of the Game, the offside rule applies to open play including from a free kick — a player can be penalized for offside when receiving the ball directly from a teammate's free kick. However, the Laws explicitly exempt a player from being offside when receiving the ball directly from a corner kick, a throw-in, or a goal kick (kick-off is also not a case where offside is assessed, since all opponents must be in their own half at kick-off, making offside positions essentially moot at that moment). So free kick is the one dead-ball scenario among these where offside can genuinely be called.