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Re: Ball / Boulder Consistency

We ran into some problems with boulders worn differently than were expected. We had 3 different wear boulders we tested our shooter with, however, none of them were torn. Many of the boulders (at orlando at least) would remain in play even with 7-8 inch gashes in them and at least 1 cubic inch holes of missing material. It took sifting through almost every ball on the field to find one that I would be comfortable preloading each match.

If the boulders were significantly damaged they would duct tape them back together. They held together but between the gashes and the different surface material many of our shots ended up missing low.

We've got a heavily damaged ball now to see if there's a way we can adjust for rocket city but it made shooting in Orlando much more difficult than anticipated.
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