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Unread 16-01-2014, 09:28
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Re: Goalie zone confusion

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Originally Posted by Wazzaps View Post
our plans were basically for you don't understand:
try and reach the other team's goal, extend up to 5ft (according to you guys)
and just sink the ball inside but as the math shows you can't reach that high... any suggestions on how to give a push?
Something our team is doing is using a piston to "punch" the ball up and through the goal, however we are shooting from much closer to the ground. But that doesn't mean that you couldn't use it higher up like you are saying, and that extra little push could easily send the ball through the goal.