AND...it works! Washington junior Michael Harris uses his gymnastics background to propel a soccer ball farther... http://goalwa.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/washingtons-michael-harris-pinpoints-perfect-flip-throwins/
Watch the videos? For him and UW it's a good weapon. However, I am sure it takes a certain body type to actually pull it off consistently.. Harris uses it in matches, and goals have come from them...
I saw him do this when I lived in Seattle and he was in high school. it gets the crowd going but again not sure how practical it is.
Saw a kid do this for the Tigers at the ETSU-Clemson game Monday night. No goal came from it, but it was the first time I had ever seen anything like it in person. Crazy stuff.
Mark Dangleis used to do this for UMass. You can see one that leads to a goal here (scroll down to the fifth row, on the right): http://www.umassathletics.com/genrel/plays-of-year.html
Other than the throws, how good a player is Harris? I mean, he started as a freshman for a Pac-10 team and is a regular this year as a soph. for a team with a decent shot at an at-large bid. So he's obviously pretty good. But is he a pro prospect as an outside back? Because down a goal with 10 minutes to go against a bunkering team, there are a lot of teams that would like a weapon like that.
The flip-throw in has been around for a long time ... the first guy I remember doing it was a pretty good Univ of Virginia (UVA) player named Voga Wallace back in the early 1980s. I played with Voga in a couple of summer leagues, and our team scored multiple goals off of his filp throw-ins. He was a great guy with a personality as dynamic as his throw-ins. Here is a page about Voga from the UVA soccer site: http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=204981009 Sadly Voga died a few years back at age 39 from a heart attack. I remember Voga saying way back when that at the time FIFA was down on the flip throw-in, and that while FIFA didn't outlaw it, he said they had issued a statement saying it was "against the spirit of the game." (I also remember at the time that some refs in this summer league in Wash DC would tell Voga he couldn't do his flip throw-in.) However, I can't find any official FIFA references to on the flip throw-in, so a assume it is allowed and no problem in terms of the rules ... Thus, I am surprised that we haven't seen more flip throw-ins in college and pro soccer ... it can be a very good offensive weapon.
Akron proved this to be false. Porter almost never uses more than 2-3 substitutions and Akron rarely uses the long throw, yet they won the national championship last year and are perennial contenders.
Hahahaha guess you are correct However if you want to major in Polymer Science then it's the place to be
Did anyone see this? He also appears in the 2014 team picture which was on Twitter yesterday. Michael Harris officially granted his 5th year! Congrats @callmeharris19 pic.twitter.com/pUUHWFD3c1— Washington Men's Soccer (@UW_MSoccer) August 15, 2014 Is this for real?
I think it's a spoof. He never redshirted as he played all four seasons at U-Dub. http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=208057047 And I seem to recall he was on trial with Chivas USA this winter.
That'd make sense. The other possibility that comes to mind is that he could've been granted a fifth year to join a team in a different sport. Of course, that wouldn't explain why he's posing with the soccer team.
Harris followed Saturday's assist with a US Open Cup flip-throw goal tonight (deflected in by a defender).
I am glad Harris is getting a shot and contributing. When one of my kids played high school, there was a flip thrower on the team. I hated the lack of accuracy. In the state playoffs, a flip throw from the center line was headed in as the GK rushed out (game winner). I re-evaluated my distaste for the flip throw... It does work.