soccer or basketball?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
To strike is any sort of hit/contact, not necesarily initiated by the player.

Whoa there. Are you saying that if a defender is just standing there and the offensive player throws the ball off the defender's leg it's a kick? If that's your "final answer", I beg to differ. The move must be intentional by rule. To be intentional, the player who gets hit must initiate the contact.