2008 Wisconsin Regional

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Shyguynate64

I was wondering not if the shooter gets hit, but if the arm robot moves so that its arm blocks the ball.

I don't think there is any rule against blocking an already launched ball.

The rule about protection for shooter is that the top of the ball has to be higher than the line divider (it doesn't matter if the ball is being lifted or not) or the robot has to be moving towards the overpass in order to recieve protection. This is something that I noticed with 1730. Right before they shot, they stopped most of the time allowing them to be hit. I didn't see any teams take advantage of it, though.