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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
I wish FIRST had modified the goals to reduce or eliminate bounce-outs early in the season. I think it is a bit late to do it now. Although the definition of a "scored boulder" addresses bounce-outs, I really hope that FIRST didn't intend to see this many. In an ideal world, you get credit for putting the boulder in the goal and not just for doing it with some preferred trajectory.
We have struggled with bounce-outs, but of a different sort. We shoot a high angle shot from the batter (like a lot of other teams), and unless we hit the top of the window, the backspin on the ball makes it roll down the chains, bounce off the framing at the bottom of the angled face of the castle, and then out.
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Have you considered reducing the amount of back-spin you are imparting on the Boulder.
In the real world, you get credit for finishing the job you are asked to do. In this case, your true objective is not really to get the Boulder to enter the opening of the Goal. It is to get the Boulder to trip the Counting Mechanism that is several feet below the opening of the Goal.
As Andrew stated, "Field is working as designed and spec'd." This means that certain solutions will work successfully and others will not. It is up to those competing in this game to find the solutions that do work.