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Originally Posted by BradMello
I'm not sure if I agree with this. the game of soccer and breakaway are very similar, but they are also very different. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the reason why shots in soccer are not scored generally from midfield is because of human capability. It seems unreasonable to expect a person to kick a soccer ball 150 feet accurately into a goal, but I can't imagine getting a robot to score from 27 feet will be as difficult. Especially this year with vision tracking, teams will be able to "lock on" to goals to increase accuracy.
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Yes, in perfect conditions the vision tracking helps teams line up to score amazingly well. Now, lets throw in some obstacles... a bump between you and the goal, requiring you to kick the ball pretty hard to get it there... hard enough that the memory foam might bounce the ball back out? A defending robot that may sit right in front of the goal you're trying to shoot at, blocking any shot. Another midfield robot from the opposition coming over and ramming you, or getting in front of you.
Something our team learned in our first year: If you need precision or a significant amount of time to operate your mechanism, it won't work as intended. While the vision targets will help you line up nicely, it will still take some time to get lined up and shoot - time the other team can use to harass you and block the shot. Playing defense is, in a way easier than playing offense - all you have to do is get in the way or push the other person around. Defense doesn't have to have precision, it doesn't have to be perfectly lined up. Offense does.
In soccer, i can fairly reliably kick a ball from midfield to the goal, if it's just me standing there. But with the other team chasing me and a goalie standing there, I'm not going to be able to score that way.