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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann
False, playing defense doesn't have to be a bumper to bumper pushing match. Every second you cause the other team to waste is time well spent.
Though most teams don't have the practice with mecanums to play defense well with them.
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My team has played defense for 2 seasons with mecanums. It's not impossible, and when you're good at it, it can wreak havoc on robots that show when they're about to shoot. In 2011, we were the 2nd seed at the Philadelphia regional with a mecanum robot that didn't have any manipulator just because of our driver's ability to play defense. That being said, it would take a very special case for me to pick a mecanum robot as a dedicated defense robot.
Any tank drive robot with a bit of driver practice can play effective defense. The same can only be said about exemplary mecanum robots with a lot more driver practice.
EDIT: It was the New Jersey Regional