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Paintball Mistakes to Avoid
Some paintball players new to the game think they have it all down pat. They have honed their skills at the shooting range, bought all the right guns and gear, and have read up on all the paintball information they could find. Then they get out onto the paintball field with all confidence that they are going to take the enemy down. Then they get out onto the field and are spun around like a duck in a shooting gallery. Why does his happen. What lessons can newbie's learn from their early eliminations, and what things should they look out for to stay competitive and in the game. Below is a brief list of paintball mistakes to avoid.
- Take the barrel plug out of your paintgun before firing that deadly shot.
- If you decide to peek you head out over your hiding spot, choose a new location the ext time you want to come out of hiding. By looking out of the same place twice, you give your opponent a juicy stationary target to shoot at.
- Shut off anything that beeps or gives away your position. That includes watch alarms, cell phones, beepers, and ipods.
- Don't shoot at a target until you can confirm that the target is an opponent. Thousands of paintball players have died from friendly fire from eager shooters blasting at anything moving in the bushes.
- Remember what color armband you have on, and don't shoot at a target until you can clearly see that they are wearing enemy colors. If the player is in plain view but their arm with the color band is still obscured, keep your hand off the trigger. On most paintball fields, a player is eliminated from the game whether the shot came from enemy fire or friendly fire.
- don't become so obsessed with opponent in your guns sights that you forget about the rest of the game around you. While you are lining up that perfect shot, the enemy may be moving in on you. But keeping an eye on the entire paintball game around you, you might discover a plot against you in time to avoid elimination.
- No staying in the same place for too long, you are setting yourself up for easy target practice. Keep on the move for the entire game and be a shooter on wheels.
- Know your position on the field relative to your teammates, and know where your teammates are at all times. Miscommunication with your teammates can lead to friendly fire accidents.
- Keep the lines of communication with your teammates open; and stay in proximity with one another. By staying close, you can quickly provide backup to your comrade if he gets in trouble, and vice versa. Just make sure that your team does not bunch up too much with one another. Bunched up paintballers call attention to themselves as juicy targets.
- Try to be selfless on the paintball field, and rush to provide help for a teammate if they ask for it. Always have a team first attitude on the paintball field. Remember that the object is to win the game, not your individual glory. No one paintball player can dominate on the field, so working together and supporting one another gives your paintball team the best chances of winning.
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