Kicking Clarification???

[Ziaholic]

This brings up something that has been on my mind for the past couple days.

The rules quoted above me have 2 different 2-second timers. So simply saying "2 seconds between kicks" is not entirely accurate (that is, if I'm interpreting them correctly)

The first timer starts when you break the plane of the frame perimeter, and the second timer starts when you retract back within the frame perimeter.

Unless your kicks take zero seconds, there's really no way to kick twice with only 2.0 seconds between them.

Which brings me to my reason for being in here ... our kicker is spring loaded. We have some "tethers" that will eliminate any chance of breaking out of the bumper zone, but immediately after the kick we will probably oscillate back and forth across the frame perimeter a few times before the grabber grabs it and brings it back for the 2nd shot.

At first, I was worried that we'd violate the first rule since our kicker will probably cross the frame perimeter a few times before we grab it again. After some head scratching, my team and I have surmised that as long as we reach out, grab, and retract the kicker within that first 2-second timer, then hold it inside for at least 2 seconds, then we're A-OK.

Thoughts?