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Re: 4587's full court blocker

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Originally Posted by jwallace15 View Post
You know I've seen dozens of Full Court blockers, and how many defensive teams (on the FCS's alliance) have nosed their way between the blocking robot and the full court shooter, pushing the blocker away. Is there any team who has done the following (I can't put it into words)...
Code:
BlockerBlockerBlockerBlock
|                       |
|                       |
Wheel     Wheel     Wheel

            Forward -->

Wheel     Wheel     Wheel
So that they can plant themselves into the wall with their front/back touching the wall? That way they can't easily be pushed away?
We did this at IRI very successfully.

Quaterfianl 4-3 against 148

Another view of that match
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