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Re: How Much Defense Can You Play?

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Originally Posted by TheCrayButton View Post
My Team can shoot full court with our robot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIke...er_profilepage

We are not to afraid of robots defending our long shots. There will be a very few amount of teams that actually play defense for those that can shoot long range.

Our first year in FIRST was 2011, and we had an all defense robot. All defenders have to do is just get in the way of other robots. They don't have to fully "block" them from the task at hand. With only 2mins, if defenders do this, they will win matches.
To be honest you guys have a very elegant shooter, but it is much easier to defend against than a team shooting from in front of the pyramid.

Long range/full court shooters will have great success during qualifications matches, but over lunch break before eliminations start, give me a pizza box and a piston and it might be game over.

And once someone does block your shot you would then have to find your way to a clear zone (probably your own pyramid or at least the half court line).
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