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Re: Launching the ball with wheels???

I would be worried about damaging the ball fabric. Since this is kind of a heavy and big piece to shoot with some high speed wheels, you're gonna need something with enough inertia to not slow down too much while in contact with the ball during shooting. If you need something with a good amount of power to launch this ball more than 5 feet in the air, you might run into problems with damaging, or even tearing the fabric, which is against the rules, and the referees will have to address this during a match. We ran into this problem in 2012 with our shooter since the foam basketballs kept getting shredded up.

This is just my speculation, and I haven't tested this, so take what I say with a grain of salt and don't limit your possibilities. I say try it out if you think it's worth doing, and you'll have your answer soon enough.
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