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Re: Balls bouncing out of goal

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Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges
I don't see any mention of the balls being deflected back out after they have entered the center goal.
I didn't hear any mention of this possibility at the kick off event. Did I miss a memo? If it had been mentioned we could have allowed for it with our shooter.
I was under the impression that the balls would remain in the center goal after they have entered it.
Is it because the chains are too long and hang down into the bottom of the opening?
Would it help if the chains were behind the mesh? This way they would still slow down the momentum of the balls.

I have a few questions for you:

1.) Did your team build a center goal? If so why didn't you test things on it? Did you notice that it was also tilted down (10 degrees from vertical)?
2.) Did you think about spin on the ball when it hits a surface? If so did you account for it being chains, and chains giving back on the ball?
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