kicking vs goal-kick

kicking and goal-kick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kicking	Yes	No	No	No
goal-kick	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, goal-kick is a hyponym of kicking; that is, goal-kick is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kicking:

kicking: the act of delivering a blow with the foot
goal-kick: (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line

Other hyponyms of kicking include punt, punting, place-kicking, place kick, dropkick.

kicking (noun)	goal-kick (noun)
the act of delivering a blow with the foot	(association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics	(rugby) an attempt to kick a goal