THANKS A MILLION FOR THIS POST!! I've been hunting for the cause of this exact problem for weeks and created a few topics about it on RGP. Today I got some great help from some pinheads on Facebook but we still couldn't find out the problem. Found this post, looked at the center kicking target and the wiring looked fine at a glance but was broken off upon further inspection! Again, thanks for this post and everyone's replies!! I can sleep well knowing my free play problem is fixed!!