Side vs. Top Shooter

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Tom Line

A bottom shooter can have another set of wheels on top and get the same distance. It has the added advantage of not curving your shots like a side-shooter will. After all, it's pretty hard to get two motors to spin the exact same speed. A top/bottom shooter will simply result in some top spin (or better) some back spin.

Of course, a top/bottom shooter will be taller.

Other than that, there isn't really a whole lot of difference.

What Tom says matches our research.

I think farmervilleRob's prediction of 5 feet, fender only capability for spinning wheel based shooters is a gross underestimate of what the concept is capable of. When looking just at 2009 examples one could get a false impression of what is possible because we were aiming at moving targets. Close shots where a practicality of the game. In 2006 we saw much longer shots hit with consistancy. It is interesting though to consider how chewed up these balls will be allowed to get before they are replaced between matches.