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Re: Crushing Balls?

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...These balls are completely shoddy. They break within minutes of normal usage (ie: human players throwing them into goals). Half of them broke before they even left Walmart's shelves.

They are anything but hardy, and I would expect every robot to break at least one every match just by running into them.
Our experience differs. A couple of our balls started out with a separated connector, but none that I know of have broken. This is after many sessions of target practice and a few games of catch with a very young and energetic child.
 


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