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"Intentionally striking" does not have to be a violent act. I think the confusion is arising because some of us are looking at those words and thinking that the ball has to go sailing up into the 4th row as a result of the "stiking" with the legs. If the player clamps his/her legs around the ball, then they have "struck" (strucken? stricken? whatever) the ball with their legs, and it's a violation. Don't let commonly held definitions of a word limit what you are visualizing the rule to cover.
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