A shoe in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
It's certainly possible the shoe in the hand does not extend the reach.

How? No matter how you hold it, it's going to make the area you can swat bigger. That's extending your reach. As soon as the ball makes contact with the shoe, I would stop the clock, send the kid out and award the ball back at the POI (which I'm praying is to the offense, without use of the arrow).