Any human player stategies?

[bhoffman11]

I am the human player for FIRST Team 302 and I was looking around for some useful stategies to use. Is anybody using gloves to help grip the tubes while throwing? If so, what kind? (biking, shop, etc.). Any thowing ideas/ techniques? Thank you for your ideas!

[flippy147852]

I have found that the most effective way to throw the tubes (by careful observation of the better human players from the stands) is to throw the tube overhead and perpendicular to the ground. Doing this, our human player can throw them into our safe zone.

[HarveyAce]

Originally Posted by flippy147852

I have found that the most effective way to throw the tubes (by careful observation of the better human players from the stands) is to throw the tube overhead and perpendicular to the ground. Doing this, our human player can throw them into our safe zone.

Yeah, throwing the tubes tomahawk style seems to be the best idea for range and accuracy. otherwise the tubes go all over the place and I've seen some bad penalties because the human players were just throwing then helter-skelter.

[EricVanWyk]

There was one human player at the Alamo Regional that hit the scoring table with over half of his throws. This method is suboptimal.

[PAR_WIG1350]

<T25> seems to be saying no gloves, but I'm not 100% sure.

[XaulZan11]

Score on your opponents rack to break up their logos. I'm only half kidding and no idea if this is legal.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

<T25> seems to be saying no gloves, but I'm not 100% sure.

Correct, that would be an item of equipment meant to give an competitive advantage, which is not allowed.

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Score on your opponents rack to break up their logos. I'm only half kidding and no idea if this is legal.

Totally illegal:

<G39> ROBOTS and FEEDERS may not SCORE on their opponent's PEGS or descore their opponent‟s GAME PIECES, or interfere with their opponent‟s TOWERS. Violation: PENALTY plus RED CARD.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by XaulZan11

Score on your opponents rack to break up their logos. I'm only half kidding and no idea if this is legal.

Do not do this, you will get DQed

[bhoffman11]

Well I hit the scorers table during a semifinal match! It was funny, its up on youtube even. I only did it once cuz the square was totally flat. Tomahawk style one handed seems to work for me the best though. I dont understand why everybody's throwing over head with two hands?



!GRIP IT AND RIP IT!

[delsaner]

Originally Posted by bhoffman11

I dont understand why everybody's throwing over head with two hands?

Our human player throws two hands over his head, vertically. The intent is to have the square or circle roll to the our scoring rack, so we can just pick them up and score them without a mass amount of driving. Quick scoring.

[racesick222]

I don't even see why you guys are throwing the tubes? Its giving your a opponent a chance to pick them up and score. Also it clutters up the field with tubes making it hard to drive plus there some penalty's you can get. Just feed the tubes through the slots.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by racesick222

I don't even see why you guys are throwing the tubes? Its giving your a opponent a chance to pick them up and score. Also it clutters up the field with tubes making it hard to drive plus there some penalty's you can get. Just feed the tubes through the slots.

Oh how much you have to learn young Padawan.



-Brando

[racesick222]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Oh how much you have to learn young Padawan.



-Brando

OK Brandon check this out wait for the last ten seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52nJ5bJYkU

[ATH1RSTYM00SE]

What i have found success doing was throwing tomahawk style except since i have the gift of being tall what i try and do is reach as high up as i can and throw the square and circle downwards so the bounce is as close to the feed station as possible. I also try to put a fair amount of spin on the tubes by gripping what would be the top when i wind up and i to an extent flick the tube on the way out of my hands. Doing this resulted in a fair amount of my throws landing in the safe zone accurately and where i wanted them. with this method i even hit one of our alliance members in the semi finals match with a tube that they essentially caught with their gripper. hope this helped

[bhoffman11]

Yeah, I like to throw one handed and since i also have such big hands, I can grip it one handed. Spin is the key with the squares and triangles, since they can't really roll, but bounce. I also flick it near the top to add that spin to get it all the way down the field!
What also might work is to look at golf websites, magizines, or talk to ur schools golf team. Throwing these tubes i found is pretty much the same form and rotation as a golf swing. (although i do have a slice in golf, I have a slice in throwing ) Practice rotation, arm position, and arm movement to get a added whip effect. thanks for your reply. it really helped!