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Re: Best Way to Shoot the Balls??

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Originally Posted by Rex114
Just a random thought about this whole barrel getting the ball to spin discussion. Is a barrel really necessary? If you look at a pitching machine, once the ball goes through the one or two wheels that propel it foreward, it doesn't go through anything else. I understand that a barrel would perhaps put a corkscrew spin on the ball, thus making it more accurate, but when the wheel(s) make contact with the ball, wouldn't it negate any spin that was there before? And if you are left with just the spin that the wheel(s) produce on the ball, isn't that a constant spin that you can factor in when you aim you shooter? That's just my two cents.

Michael C.
That might be true shooting heavy small objects, but we are launching large light objects. With the spin the ball expeiriences being launched, and with the lightness of the ball, those balls will be going every which way immediately after they go through the launcher. The game will come down to who can shoot their balls with the highest accuracy percentage.
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