If your robot consistently damages the game components (the poof ball), the Head referee will probably give you a warning and ask you to correct the situation or your robot can be DQ in the next match when it starts to spit out poof ball halves at the center goal.
There is no rules against compressing the poofballs.
You probably have to compress them a little to control the shoots.
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