Ragdoll Soccer Penalties: Pro Rules and Shooting Tips

Where Can You Play With Penalties?

Ragdoll Soccer penalties are part of the game's 8v8 pro servers, which bring referees and additional rules into matches. Choose this mode if you want penalties alongside free kicks, throw-ins, VAR, and offsides. Practice your shooting beforehand so you can control where the ball goes when a scoring opportunity arrives.

Open the Play menu and choose the pro-server option. Quickplay offers 4v4 matches, while Clubs lets you queue for 4v4 with friends; select pro servers when you want the expanded match rules.

The pro format includes several distinct parts of match officiating:

• Referees
• Penalties and free kicks
• Throw-ins
• VAR
• Offsides

Practice Shot Placement Before Joining

Head to Practice mode and start with Shooting Basics. The left mouse button shoots, and your shot follows the direction you look. Looking down keeps the ball low; looking up lifts it.

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Work through these drills before moving into a match:

1. Practice low shots. Aim downward and shoot to get familiar with keeping the ball close to the ground.
2. Adjust your shot height. Raise your aim gradually between attempts. If the ball goes too high, lower your aim on the next try.
3. Practice charging kicks. Use the charging lesson to learn how your shot changes with added power.
4. Complete the Power Shots lesson. Follow its sprinting and full-charge instructions to practice that technique separately.

Change one part of your shot at a time. Keep your aim steady while practicing charge, then work on height without changing everything at once.

Add Curves and Lobs

The curve-shot lesson introduces Q and E for bending the ball. Practice each input separately to learn the resulting trajectory.

For a lob, select it with 2, then use a soft left-mouse-button tap. Practice this against the goalkeeper in the lesson to work on lifting the ball over an opponent.

Practice mode also offers basic shooting drills, free play, and goalkeeper practice. Use those options to keep working on individual skills after the guided lessons.

Set Up a Private Pro Match With Friends

The Private 8v8 Servers game pass costs 49 Robux and lets its owner open private pro servers repeatedly. Friends can find the server through the 8v8 server browser, and players already inside can invite more people.

Choose this option if you want to organize a pro match with friends. Open Ragdoll Soccer on Roblox, gather your group, and use the 8v8 server browser to join the same private server.