[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

No, it's not goal tending. Although Dave says, "toward" the goal, I'm sure he means "if the robot wasn't there would the ball have a reasonable chance of scoring in the goal." In your illustration, the ball would not have a reasonable chance of going into the goal and would therefore not be goal tending. Call the Harlem Globe Trotters, we found a new trick shooter

Originally Posted by dlavery

If, by any reasonable estimation by any reasonable person, the ball is heading toward a goal on the field (please don't be a Clinton and make me define the term "toward"!!!), then it is heading toward the goal. If the ball is obviously going into an area of the field where there is no goal, then it is not heading toward a goal - whether there is another robot there or not.

Reasonable chance doesn't matter--reasonable person does.