Poof balls MUCH easier to compress over time

[Ethulin]

We got a set of 10 poof balls on the day of the kickoff, and have been playing with them for the last 3 weeks. Well we heard about a local Bartell's Drugs selling a whole bunch of them cheap, so we went and bought them out (yes... we got some funny looks). Well I just happened to be holding one of the new balls in one hand and one of the old ones in another and I made an interesting observation, the old one was a LOT more squishy. I would have never noticed if we had not gotten the two sets at different times but luckily we did.

Oh well, guess now we gotta make a shooter that can do both! :)

[Rick TYler]

Let me guess -- you cleaned out the Bear Creek Bartell's, right? At least they had plenty of all the S-P balls except the basketball tonight. Ball hogs... :)

[petek]

We've seen some interesting trajectory differences between new balls and an (ab)used ball. Could be related to compressibility... They fly quite differently - should make for more fun as the season progresses!

Unless FIRST supplies new balls for all regionals, I expect that teams who shoot balls will find that what works at early regionals won't necessarily work later in the season (or vice versa) - because of wear and tear on the balls. Wonder if there are differences between manufacturing lots, too...

[Ethulin]

Let me guess -- you cleaned out the Bear Creek Bartell's, right? At least they had plenty of all the S-P balls except the basketball tonight. Ball hogs... :)

Ok so I put Bartell's but no, I meant Safeway. What ever that one with the gas station is! So no, we din't buy you out :) .