The actual football record only counts when it's from one person to a different person.
You can check this by doing /footballRecord, any attempt using event spawned footballs shouldn't count.
Perhaps I shouldn't have displayed the catch message unless it was between two people.
Edit:
what i'm saying is that even if it is only distance traveled, that ball travels a bit far up when you do that, so 10ft seems weird...
The ball doesn't take into consideration vertical distance.