I'm bringing this up because I usually don't play defender but I've recently been trying it out. One thing I notice is that there is a really easy trick to make the defender completely unable to do anything. Passers bring the Quabble as close as possible to one of the hoops. As they approach the defender either shoots to defend the goal or they don't. If they don't block it they shoot the ball and score. If they do block it though, the passer exploits the cooldown and just flies to another hoop and scores. Either way, the defender can't do anything and the position becomes completely obsolete.
My suggestion: create a restriction on how close the passer can get to the goalposts. This wouldn't need to be more than 10 blocks. 5 blocks would probably do.
Reasons:
1. The first reason is listed above. The position of the defender should be at least useful in some way. With the current rules, anyone can completely remove its purpose as long as they know this very easy-to-master trick and it makes the game a little less fun.
2. I taught flying theory for quite a while so I'm familiar with most of the cannon rules. So when I noticed this I went back through my lesson plans and found this rule:
3. There are still plenty of ways to throw off a defender. You can still trick them out by getting close, or flying high above the hoops, or wait until they shoot before scoring, you just wouldn't be able to make them completely unable to do anything.
I'm sure this isn't a high priority, but I figured it was worth mentioning.
My suggestion: create a restriction on how close the passer can get to the goalposts. This wouldn't need to be more than 10 blocks. 5 blocks would probably do.
Reasons:
1. The first reason is listed above. The position of the defender should be at least useful in some way. With the current rules, anyone can completely remove its purpose as long as they know this very easy-to-master trick and it makes the game a little less fun.
2. I taught flying theory for quite a while so I'm familiar with most of the cannon rules. So when I noticed this I went back through my lesson plans and found this rule:
- The passer can't put any part of their bodies through the goal hoops since the quabble is meant to be thrown.
3. There are still plenty of ways to throw off a defender. You can still trick them out by getting close, or flying high above the hoops, or wait until they shoot before scoring, you just wouldn't be able to make them completely unable to do anything.
I'm sure this isn't a high priority, but I figured it was worth mentioning.