[Bob Steele]

I would like to make a comment in regards to low goal shooting.
It is much harder than you think it is. When looking down the field it is almost impossible to see the dividers on the batter.

Practice fields, if they have them at all, have wooden ones which can be seen pretty easily. The polycarb ones are almost invisible from the driver station. You know they are there but it is all too easy to run into one.

There are also reflections off of the diamond plate which can make things confusing too when you are trying to get close to it to line up.

We did find that the diamond plate reflection can be used when you are behind a tall defense to help you lineup if you can see it.

I am sure that with practice on a real field, teams will get better over time but just a word to the wise about translating practice field vision to the competition field vision. It is substantially different.