Can you solve the BOWL RIDDLE? ft. Kurt Hugo Schneider Part 1/3

I have 2 methods:  
1st, if you spin the bowl, the water surface will assume a paraboloid shape. Now spin it so fast that all the water goes to the walls of the bowl, leaving no water at the bottom. Because of the "tea leaves effect", the ball will stay in the center and touch the bottom! (You need a large bowl for that, lest the water spill from the bowl)  
2nd, by the rules you can't touch the ball, but you can touch the water around the ball and press it down. Put a plastic (thin, flexible plastic) cup upside down with the ball inside, and push down. The air pressure will dislocate the water, but not completely because the air will compress (that's why you can't do it with a glass cup). Now crush the cup to compensate for the air compression, expulsing the air from the cup and making the ball touch the bottom.