[Kevin Sevcik]

The protected zone in front of the double feeder station is only 20" wide. A decent first attempt at blocking a full court shooter is going to be beating them to the feeder station and camping sideways there so they just can't get to it. Then the defender has pinning rules on its side. A well designed and driven robot will eventually be able to get past this sort of defense, probably drawing a foul in the meantime, but it should cut a good 30 seconds or more off the time available to shoot.

Also, it's perfectly legal for a full court shooter to draw a G30 foul on a blocking robot by driving forward and touching the robot while still in contact with its loading zone. G30 doesn't care who initiates the contact. Mind you, this will throw off the full court shooter's aim, and the defender can get back into position while the shooter is lining back up...