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Corner kick, free kick, penalty kick — how can I call those kicks? "Deadplay kicks", "fixed kicks"?

Is there any special naming for this type of kicks?

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How about set piece?

The term set piece or set play is used in association football and rugby to refer to a situation when the ball is returned to open play following a stoppage, particularly in a forward area of the pitch. Most often, the term is used to refer to free kicks and corners, but sometimes throw-ins.

Seeing that a penalty is a type of free kick, that should cover all your cases.

Wiktionary has this usage example:

Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.

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It's a good answer but if a goalie had a free-kick, for example, you wouldn't call it a set piece. – z7sg Ѫ Apr 27 '11 at 18:21
To me this meaning of set piece comes from the fourth meaning here, because as that wikipedia article says, set pieces are one area where tactics and routines can be worked out in training in advance of matches - so it's to do with the fact that players can plan in advance what to do (rather than having to think on their feet, literally), and the term refers to the ensuing play rather than just the kick itself. – psmears Apr 27 '11 at 19:47
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Deadball kicks would be the straightforward answer - or deadball plays if you include throw-ins as well.

If it's a planned move (as with a corner, or an attacking free-kick or throw-in) then it's a set piece - that would usually be an attack on goal.

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"Football kicks"? Or for Americans — "soccer kicks"?

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