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Red face Re: Human Player

Adding one simple suggestion for human players on the sidelines....I attempted to catch a full power shot ball on the down stroke (falling from about 10' high as our bot was on a concrete platform about 3' higher than I was standing), and they can rotate quite well in the air, the cover is both very slick and quite rough, and creates a lot of fingertip friction w/ that nylon cover & those seams (especially the zipper area)...Gloves will/may just save those unique fingerprints you like so much HP's...Just my 0.02 cents on the subject. (Just think rug burned hot fingertips and palms.....I cannot even imagine the tender nose or forehead areas w/ those bright red spots that may be very evident at Regionals and Champs this year!)

I expect to also see over time more than a few quite fast moving inbounders, due to the large size of the gamepiece possibly carried too high, trip and do a faceplant into the ball...The real question is...Will you personally laugh or wince w/ the HP? (Think "Gracious Professionalism" please!) Straps holding the safety glasses to the head may just help there.