间接自由球是在足球比赛中，因某些原因（如对方越位）中断后恢复比赛的一种方式。与直接自由球不同之处在于，发球方如果直接将球踢入对方球门不能算作得分。

间接任意球的判罚主要是规范守门员在场上的行为，主要有4种情况可以判罚间接任意球。

第一，足球规则中规定，守门员在比赛中用手持球不能超过6秒，在6秒钟之内守门员必须将球掷出使足球进入比赛状态。

第二，当守门员将球开出进入比赛状态后，守门员在其他球员触球之前是不能用手接球的，如果在无人接触球前再次用手触球将被判罚间接任意球。但这不包括守门员在第一次扑球时未将球接稳而进行的第二次触球。

An indirect free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. Unlike a direct free kick, a goal may not be scored directly from the kick. The law was derived from the Sheffield Rules that stated that no goal could be scored from a free kick. This law was absorbed into the Laws of the Game in 1877 and later adapted to allow indirect free kicks as a result of dangerous play. An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team when a player commits a foul other than a penalty foul (e.g. dangerous play) or infringes certain technical requirements of the laws (e.g. touching the ball a second time following a restart, or the keeper touching the ball with his hands when a teammate has used his foot to pass it back to the keeper). An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team when play is stopped to caution or send-off a player when no specific foul has occurred (e.g. when play is stopped to caution a player for dissenting the decision of the referee). The most common cause is the offside offence.