Re: Knocking out Doubler Ball
 

Just reading this thread makes you realize how many possible interpretations could be in the rules...
I think that the judges will call anything that blocks a shot on the downward descent as "goal tending" including if it's with a small ball. Small balls don't take up much space anyway...so I don't know why you'd be holding one up there, but sure, if you wanted to. :confused:
But chances are they'll rule on the conservative side, and say it's goal tending.

Re: Knocking out Doubler Ball
 

I realize this thread is not about goaltending, but this is where a discussion of the topic seems to be taking place. The problem now appears to be figuring out what "a thrown ball with the potential to go in the goal" means. And there will certainly be many interpretations of what could go in.

Will any ball on a downward arc that impacts a robot automatically be goaltending? What about a ball lobbed in the general direction of a goal that, if it had not impacted a robot, would have fallen short? Will it be possible to have goaltending called by simply throwing a ball at an opposing robot? This last action has been suggested as a strategy in other threads in this forum. If that is possible, so much for gracious professionalism!

Re: Knocking out Doubler Ball
 

I think that the jobs of the judges will be a difficult one this year, given the leeway left for interpretation in the rules. I doubt that a judge would call goal tending on an opposing team if their opponents' human players shoot balls at the robots...there will be much interpretation of the rules made by the judges at the competition this year and rulings will probabably differ from each event.