RobHon:
Having seen this bug quite a few times I agree with Mythanatos.
It’s purely a display bug. The normal attributes are still in effect and the ball flies it’s normal distance.
I believe the bug is more likely to occur if you check out an opponents’ apparel during a coin game
Agreed 100%. Meter shows different distance, but club distance does not change.
Further, if you are playing a game and click on the left menu, to check out if friends or on, or to go to settings, when you close the menu, sometimes the chat function does not work.
It seems that these are just bugs that effect the meter display, or chat functions, when "multi-tasking" during play.