LOL, I actually got credit in a college science course for conducting an experiment where I IM'd three people in the southern hemisphere to verify that the water in the toilet bowl swirls the other direction down there. So perhaps if I tossed it at the equator... [/B][/QUOTE]Yup, if you tossed it right on the equator, it would go straight and not swirl. Little known fact about the toilet bowl swirl going different ways north and south. Also little cared. :D

JR:

Lighten up.

[/B][/QUOTE]Lighten up, Mark? :confused: You got me there. I was just commenting on my own personal experiences with jump balls. Nothing else. Didn't realize I was being heavy.

Btw, I think that I met Danny Doss many years ago. Didn't he end up as a supervisor of officials in a D2 league somewhere down around Tony?

I didn't realize DARPAnet had instant messaging capabilities. :p

What makes the toss hard for me is going from a BV games to a G5th grade game.

It took me a long time to get it right in BV & GV games, when I go to a lower level game I will always get my partner to toss it up.

Here's Rainmaker getting ready to start her warm-up session:
http://media1.funnyjunk.com/pics/0557.jpg

Cute. But I'm not that old. :D

You got lucky and owe that credit back to the teacher. ;)

The direction of the swirl is due to the manufacturing geometry of the toilets...not the location of installation.

Thank you for pointing this out -- I'm amazed at the number of people who think that the change is due to the coriolis effect. The effect, while real, is way too weak to be seen in a toilet or a bathtub, unless the water is very still.

See, for example, http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.htm

practice like a volleyball set
 

From playing vball, I learned to set the ball to a spot in the air and allow the hitters to come get it. I used to have trouble getting the toss right until I started doing the same. The good news is that a lot of gyms have a beam directly over the midcourt line. So aiming straight up was easy. I just practiced throwing the ball up to a spot and it works. When practicing, see how many times you can get the ball to hit the mid court line.