As jakolenjoyer said, the boat skip or rather coined "The Stowaway Skip" is not RNG and is a balance of spamming space, camera setups, and various visual elements. (I've not performed this myself, however I've seen various of Distortion2, LanceSRL and others do this pretty consistently with their balancing).
As for the soccer ball skip/jump or "Ball Skip" it was voted by the community to be banned in all of Any% (With Launch & Launchless). I've performed ball skip in Elevator% and can say it's a bit more "finicky" and is really how you land and your pervious momentum to get the right launch. Keep in mind this was a voted decision by the community.
Update:
I've looked around myself using the trainer, asked many people, and some of the other run verifiers, and I can say that the "White Sphere Collectable" (aka "White Orb") is completely removed (with no other replacement). Your new speedrun is now in the reviewal process by another run verifier.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention!
Currently looking into it. I don't think it was replaced and was just completely deleted. I've asked around and can't find information on this.
I'll look around!