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Re: Ball Launchers? Ideas?

At a glace, it appears this year's shot arc is going to be very different from 2006. I have been joking with my team that its going to be like kareem abdul jabbar's sky hook. The ball will have an early release (higher angle on the the ball's initial trajectory) and using the robot's frame perimeter and height to prevent the shot from being blocked.

I am really nervous about how large the backboard sweet spot will be.

Does anyone feel accuracy will be more important than frequency of shots made? My team was thinking that missing the shot and failing to rebound will give the opponents possession of another ball and a scoring advantage.
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