For us, the moments you don't have the ball, you should be playing "smart" defense on your alliance. There are several of these moments for us, a quick nudge on a blue robot, getting in between the robot and ball. Not only was defense being played on us, but we dished out defense too. Finding partners that are good in each position are key in the game for sure. But one of the matches I enjoy watching is the Quarters 1 in St. Louis. Being the "Truss" robot, I feel like we play the role of "big brother", able to help both our inbounding partners and scoring partners. If the trussing didn't work, foregoing the truss and passing on the ground still works for 40 points...
Teams: 3284, 4500, 1501
St. Louis Quarters 1
http://www.thebluealliance.com/match/2014mosl_qf1m1