[Samwaldo]

Wow, why haven't we thought of rubber balls for demo purposes!!! the foam balls get destroyed after some of our events, when we are running 3-4 balls through the robot nonstop for 5-7hrs (with short cool down breaks).

Although we haven't used rubber balls, i would assume, they will have a lot more "bounce". That means that the faster and harder the robot shoots it, the more likely it will bounce off the backboard and miss. Usually when at a demo, a robot is close to the hoop, so it will not bounce off the backboard as much.

The way to "fix" this bouncing problem will probably to just change the speed (if you can from your controls) and/or to adjust your angle (if you also can from your controls)

(If you cant adjust these, maybe its a good offseason project.)