Loose Balls

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by Shu Song

I must disagree with the above point. Teams will try to make their bots as basket like as possible to catch more balls thrown at it. If the bot is right up against the player station, it's almost a 100% chance to get it in the bot. There will be minimal balls on the ground from teams trying to get it to their bot. Throwing the ball to the vicinity of the robot and having it suck the ball up is much more time consuming than just throwing it <i>in</i> the robot.

Might I just note however, that isn't quite as true as you may think. Upon a close inspection of the rules it states in rule

<G33> HUMAN PLAYER Shooting Zone - The HUMAN PLAYER must remain behind the STARTING LINE
and within the ALLIANCE ZONE when they are entering a ball onto the field. Each violation will result
in a 5-point penalty.

so you start out at least 4 feet away from the back of the Polycarb and players station. Thusly making it a very difficult shot to just lob into a bot next to the players station. This will definitely require a lot of work and practice to achieve.