2X Ball Into the Ball Release

[AmyPrib]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

this is true, but with our robot, we kinda spit the ball out of our arm, so we can shoot it out while completly in the field along with the 2x ball still in our arm...

Well, we were not disabled. I read the rule as - if you're robot crosses the wall plane (ball chute, or above wall) it's a 10pt penalty. You are not disabled. It's not necessarily deliberate, especially if you're being pushed with a ball up in the air. You will be disabled if your robot touches the floor outside the playing field. However, the point was brought up that the 2x ball is only part of your robot in the case of goaltending. So, I'm looking for an update or rule that says otherwise, because I haven't seen it say 2x ball is part of the robot always.

Capping an opponents goal is completely legal to do, to prevent them from scoring balls. However, if your robot is still holding that ball and they shoot, bounces off the 2x you hold, it's goaltending. If you're fast enough to cap it before they can shoot, then it's perfectly legal. But you can't just hold the ball over the goal. I haven't seen many people do it, because the risk of goaltending is pretty high for the amount of time it usually takes for someone to cap anothers goal successfully.

This is sorta getting off topic of the original thread though. All the rules/penalties have been discussed earlier, and I think they're pretty well written now in the updated version of the rules. I want to make sure at nationals about the rule of 2x ball being part of the robot.