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The NFHS rule clearly says "deliberately kicks the ball to his/her own goalkeeper".
Again, as 12.20 cited above says "The requirement that the ball be "deliberately kicked" means that the play on the ball is deliberate and does not include situations in which the ball has been, in the opinion of the referee, accidentally deflected or misdirected".
That's conclusive wording. Why would anyone want to invent additional situations to penalize a team or extend the non-referee participants misunderstanding of the rules?
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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