IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas

[Duke461]

Just a request: don't introduce brand new balls in the elimination round. Rotate the balls throughout the competition so they all have equal wear. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, but we have a feeling new balls being put in play during eliminations causes some pretty wild shooting because they're more stiff and less consistent than worn balls.

Originally Posted by IndySam

But that's part of the challenge and cheats teams who have figured out how to deal with the inconsistencies.

No reason to make IRI easier.

There's an easy fix to this. I saw the driver on 836 at washington, D.C. do this before every match. He would take the two basketballs, that were to be pre-loaded, set it on the ground while holding it with both hands, and used his knee as a "pogo stick", jumping around, squishing and compressing the basketball with his knee. It seemed to work pretty well, they made nearly every auton shot and were finalists. Now for the rest of the basketballs in teleop? Well, either convince the other five alliances to do the same, or add some pneumatic "drum" to your robot to squish them down a bit.

-Duke