Ball speed testing after matches

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10-03-2006, 22:34

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Re: Ball speed testing after matches

I manned the speed trap at Florida for a few hours, testing the teams as the refs asked. Two teams that I tested had a little too much pepper on their shots, but it was fixed pretty quickly.

The speed trap itself is a little clumsy to use, mainly due to the length (a smidge under a meter) between the two photogates. I think we had to test 233 about fifteen times because we couldn't get a reading without balls whacking the exit of the chute.

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