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Re: Ball Pitcher Hood Design

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
As far as I can tell, if you have a lot of backspin so the ball bounces down off the backboard into the basket, you WANT a flat trajectory...then you don't need to worry about how far away from the goal you are. One less thing to sense and control.

At least that's how we're planning to play the game.
Good observation. You're right a lot of our 3-point free throws were off the backboard. We'll still test at 70 and compare.