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Originally Posted by Andy Grady
Also factor in that the "no contact zone" only gets bigger as more robots stuff themselves in at the border of the key. I think the lack of defense at Suffield was based mainly off of two things...
1. The fear of getting fouls just traveling to the fender.
2. Teams inability to even cross over from one side of the field to the next.
I wouldn't expect 2 to be an issue as we get deeper into the season, but 1 will remain a massive factor.
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A third reason you didn't see defense at Suffield Shakedown: no team came to play defense to win the game. They came to refine their offensive capabilities on an official field. Defense will come because a good 60-70% of teams at regionals won't make one shot in the hoop. These teams may not play an ideal defense, but it will be an annoying one.