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Re: Balls under the bumper

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Originally Posted by commonsense View Post
What if you just make sure that your bumpers can't actually "control" the ball, hence make the bumpers as high as possible so that you can't actually have a ball catch under them. Thus when it comes to the bumper, weather in or outside the frame it will pass under. Thus no mater how hard you tried to grab it with the bumper it would pass under. I would consider that would not be being in control of a ball.
A bumper is 5 inches tall, and the bumper zone extends to 10 inches. Thus, the highest you can elevate the bottom of the bumper off the ground is 5 inches.