http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...Practice+match
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...fense+practice
A defensive bot can practice in a number of ways. Defend alliance partners, defend other defensive bots, practice interference, practice willing offensive bots, but never,
ever defend a bot that doesn't wish to be defended. Nor should any bot ever commit a penalty during a practice match. Even if it would just be a 10 point penalty during a qualification match, it shouldn't happen ever during practice. Rough play is intolerable.
I remember once in 2006 we went to a practice match without our bumpers.... and left the field with a 1" dent in our frame. Welded 1"x1"x1/8" aluminum channel. In another, our control box suffered it's first ever failure due to rough play (something that hadn't happened in the 7 previous competitions [including off-seasons] it had competed in, and hasn't happened since). That's frankly, not acceptable.