The astonishing thing is that the woman neither strangely bends her arm before throwing the ball, which would cause it to spring upwards in a vertical movement, nor releases it too late – behaviours known to be typical in females. In both cases, the projectile would have hit ground just a couple of paces away and could not have been caught by a fellow player at an estimated distance of approx. 10 m (10.94 yd).
It is no wonder then, that the 100,000 or so YouTubers who have already watched the clip fall into two camps, with many believing that this lady must have been given a little assistance by means of Photoshop. YouTuber Bennster1992 is one such skeptic: “A total fail! I have watched this clip about 100 times now and I am sure there is something funny about the shadow the ball throws. :-o Maybe they have reanimated it?”
Others are convinced that the lady in the clip is, in fact, a petite man with a wig or perhaps a transgender woman, therefore having previous experience of living as a man.
You can see the much-debated YouTube clip here:
Despite all speculations, experts in both image editing and sports medicine now consider the clip to be genuine – after all, it also shows the young woman’s disastrous attempt at catching the ball a few seconds later as she clumsily claps her hands together far too late.
ssi; first published 2017-10-03
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