Official Q&A: VEX V5 Robotics Competition 2025-2026: Push Back

<SG9> says "Match Loads may be introduced during the Match under certain conditions. For the purpose of this rule, “introduce” refers to the moment when a Drive Team Member has released a Block into a Loader. During this action, Drive Team Members’ hands may temporarily break the plane of the Field Perimeter. This momentary interaction is an exception to rule <GG4>. Excessive, unnecessary, or unsafe actions while introducing a Match Load may be considered a Violation of <S1> and/or <G1> at the Head Referee’s discretion."

Some teams are throwing the blocks into the match loader and some are dropping them. Throwing them with excessive force can benefit a team by forcing the bottom block to fall out of the loader. Are there rules for how teams are to put the blocks into the loaders. Specifically, are teams allowed to throw blocks into the loader with excessive force or should blocks simply be dropped into the loader without added force?

Thank you!