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Hi Erick:
It so happens I had exactly the same situation this past season in boys high school soccer. I did not call the keeper for handling a back pass and as you might imagine the attacking team was hot about it.
When faced with these situations I try to remember the intent of the rules to apply their spirit. The whole idea behind stopping the back pass to the keeper was to liven up the game, to encourage attacking play and scoring chances. I well remember my college playing days as a keeper when we would tie up minute after minute kicking it back and throwing it forward to stall a game when nursing a slender lead. So when I saw a not terribly skilled defender desperately kick the ball away at the top of the area I didn't worry about the keeper picking it up before it went out for a corner kick. That play sequence was totally unlike the sequence the new rule was designed to stop.
Malcolm P.
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