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Re: Definition of A Catch

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Originally Posted by ToddF View Post
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Do you want to count your own ball falling on your robot and bouncing off in the direction of your ramp as a possession? Then you also have to accept that if one of the opponent's balls happens to fall on your robot, and it bounces off in the direction of your ramp, that you have possessed their ball and are guilty of a technical foul.
If it simply falls on a robot and you do not apply a force to the ball I do not think that can be called impelled. I do not think ramps can impel. Remember the definition of launch (one of the ways you can possess a balll) is to "impel BALLS to a desired location or direction". Impelling means to drive, force, or urge. The definition is pretty clear that it needs to be IMPELLED in a DESIRED DIRECTION. That means exert a force that makes it go where you want it to go. Even if the ball happened to bounce off my robot and I did impel it, if it was not in the direction I desired it does not fall under the category of possession. desired=purposeful.
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