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Originally Posted by pntbll1313
I didn't say anything about it being worth it to risk this. There are many threads out there from the beginning of the season arguing the ambiguity of a CATCH. I'm sure there will be quite a few refs that call a launch a CATCH, and quite a few that don't. That's one of the tough things about this particular rule. If you are a high caliber team you will of course try to design a mechanism capable of performing a CATCH and actually catching the ball for control reasons.
If you are a low resource team and were only able to field a moving lunch tray there are other ways to get a CATCH. If you have a spinning paddle on top of your robot designed to hit the ball in the forward direction all you need to do is park under where the ball will land. If the ball hits your paddle and goes forward it would, according to the manual and QA, be considered a CATCH. Grandma wouldn't think so because it is not a catch, but it is still a CATCH.
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Couldn't agree more. Both POSSESSION and CATCH are clearly defined within the rules and Q&A quoted above.
There is no reason to bring opinions on practicality and risk into the discussion as each team must weigh that on their own when designing mechanisms within the rules defined. The OP asked a specific question and the response given was correct.