You are probably right about that. My reply was based on what a journalism professor told us in passing one day in class, and I doubt he’d done any real research on it.
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Re the flip)
I’m not sure what you mean by this decription but if both feet aren’t on the ground at the point of release it is a fo(ul throw in.
Imagine the girl with the ball in her hands. She runs forward a step or two, then does a forward somersault (a flip).
As she’s completing the flip, she comes out of it with her hands holding the ball behind her head. As she lands, she still has the forward momentum of the flip, and that juices the force she can apply to the toss.
I said “as she lands,” this time, although I didn’t really see it, only got the “feel” of it which the announcer confirmed- that she indeed flipped. And since the young lady apparently does this routinely, she must certainly be on her feet during the throw or it would be, as you said, declared illegal.
It was the Fox College Sports Channel (Channel 303 here), which one never knows what they’re going to show. The day/time in question, it was the MVC (Missouri Valley Chamionship) or something like that.
Sure looked like a spring day to me. But maybe it was a replay from last fall.
It doesn’t matter to me. I was simply taken by their wonderful enthusiasm. The Drake gals, though their cause was hopeless, gave every ounce they right to the final whistle.
Good stuff.
And mittu…
That was a good explanation you wrote whilst drunk. Thanks.
I’m gonna do the same and re-read it. Then I’ll be sure to understand it. 
Sounds pointlessly dangerous to me. Professional footballers can already throw the ball a huge distance, why bother risking breaking your spine to get an extra few yards?
It isn’t flip, it’s a front hand-spring. It can get you more force behind your throw, but it can also be terribly inaccurate and throw-ins are just about throwing it as far as you can. A good throw-in can be ten feet if you’re placing it at the feet of a sprinting midfielder
I checked the Missouri Valley Conference website. That match you were watching was played last November 7.
But it was new to you!
But it was definitely, Time Filling Sports programming.
So, you have seen this gal do her front handspring?
She must use the ball in her hands as the point of contact to the earth and flip forward, then. Right?
The Referees’ Association web site reports that this action was once used in the English League (they mention the Portsmouth League, but I can remember it being used in what is now the Premier League).
The FA decided to ban the action, but FIFA has now given its approval.
The long throw-in is a very effective tactic when the ball goes out-of-play close to the goal-line. There have been a number of long-throw specialists at the very top of the game (Martin Chivers and Gary Neville come to mind)
I haven’t seen her do it, but it’s not an uncommon thing. Which explains why the commentators weren’t too excited about it.
Yes, the ball becomes the ground contact point…another reason why it isn’t very accurate. I can imagine the ball slipping on some wet grass or something and the player falling flat on her ass.
Okay, but it would seem to be just as easy to do a regular flip.
I could flip when I tumbled at the Boys Club long ago. And a REAL tumbler
I knew, did 1 and a halfs from the side of the pool into the water.