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Unread 11-01-2011, 11:32
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Re: Defense

Defense is always important. Some regionals will have teams picked strictly for defense. You likely wont see this at Championships.

I reccomend to every team that I work with that they build a robot with a powerful but manuverable drive train (6-8 wheels) then you can always play defense if the situation warrents it. An Average or below average scorer with a great drive train is an incredibly valuable second pick or alliance partner.

The best example of building a robot to play offense that is also capable of switching to being a shut down defender is 177 over the last 4 or 5 years, it isn't a coincidence that they always seem to make it onto Einstein.
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