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Re: Aerial Assist Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by FIMAlumni View Post
Anyone think a Human Player can bounce the ball off their own carpet and over the truss to a scoring robot, leaving 2 defensive robots and a fast 20 point cycle with only 1 robot?
I don't see any rule that precludes it, but I think you'd be hard pressed to physically bounce the ball high enough to clear the truss and yet stay on the field for a bot to receive.

section 3.1.4
...A BALL is considered SCORED over the TRUSS if a ROBOT causes a BALL to...

So why would the human bother to try and bounce the ball over the truss? There's no truss point for doing so.