[greymule]

If the ASA rulesmakers mean simply contact, they should use a word other than crash. Perhaps contact would be a good choice.

I agree that an attempt to slow down, avoid, soften the impact, etc., gets the benefit of the doubt.

deliberately, with great force, crashes into the defensive player

This was indeed the old rule. As I remember, ASA removed deliberately because such a judgment required the umpire to divine what was in the runner's mind. They removed with great force as redundant, since crash implies great force.