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Originally Posted by waialua359
Yes, with a pool noodle, it will easily do the job.
That high goal opening is just way too small to have any kind of deflection not be effective.
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My point that is that the energy the boulder is carrying is related to the effectiveness of a blocker. We had a pretty significant interference in practice the other day and still hit a shot. A small action camera, heavier than a GoPro went flying across the room after being ripped off a mount and the ball still hit its target.
We attached PVC and strung across a t-shirt in 2013 and it worked pretty well as a deterrent, but that shooting position was pretty concrete. A team capable of shooting from the defenses from any position 1-5 can gain an advantage in that way. Also, if you can shoot quickly, it makes it harder. A robot that pops across and rips a ball off at the goal presents a scary defensive situation, because you have to basically guess at being out of range for penalties.
1747 has a pretty strong defensive legacy. As someone who spent a huge amount of time coaching what a number of people have observed as very clean, effective defense I can honestly say defending a shooting robot crossing the defense presents one of the largest defensive penalty risks we've ever seen.
But that's just my 2 cents.