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Old Mon May 04, 2015, 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB View Post
Not true in many areas.
It's not about the location in the country of the plate .... it's about the shape of the plate. Unless the ground adjacent to the black part of the plate goes nearly straight down, the fact that the ball is round and the black portion of the plate angles down 45 degrees makes it impossible for a ball to hit the black portion without also hitting the white portion.
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