[EricH]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

I said this last year, and I'll say it again this year. During practice, if teams defend you, thank them. For they are showing you exactly what you will see on the field during the real game.

Particularly if they ask you first. During L.A. practice, we had a round against 188. Before the first of the two matches, they came over and asked if we would mind if they played defense on us. We said to go for it. I think both teams had fun that round, with us trying to score and 188 playing defense--it was just about as good as a real match for both teams.

Defenders, if you want to practice your defense on Thursday, it would help to ask first so the team(s) you want to practice on can tell you whether or not they want defense. (It also removes nasty surprises--they're ready, so they can protect vital parts of their robot.)