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Re: Defensive robots

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
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.
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.
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