2x multiplier removal secnario

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by robo hottie71

It seems to be a total contradiction on FIRST's part, but then again, they did say "as long as no other rules are violated" or something to that effect. Descoring with the large ball in the robot's possession will violate the descoring and/or goaltending rules, so those should apply, therefore making this move illegal.

Have your human players actually tried shooting into a goal that has a large ball stuffed in it?? Try the ball at different heigh levels and see what happens....

We have and found that it depends on who far the ball is in it. The higher up it is, the harder it is to enter the goal, not only because of the bounce of the big ball, but you can't use the PVC as a slowing device like you can if the ball is in deeper. Here's what I've seen:

-ball thrown straight down don't go in.
-the PVC slows down the balls to let the score
-the gap between the PVC and ball can stop the small balls

The best type of throwing motion is a basketball throw with a big arch that'll hit the PVC, and that will slow down the balls.