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Lane Shooting
Range shooting is an important maneuver to practice and implement in tournament play. Lane shooting is shooting at a sweet spot or lane that is in a high traffic or frequented area. Common sweet spots in tournament play would include the known path of the key bunker or the direct path in front of a flag station. Lane shooting is sweetspotting is applied to tournament games with the goal of striking an opponent that runs through a frequented area. If a player practices range shooting and other key paintball tactics, then they should become a very good player. Observe below some other key tips for becoming an expert in the game.
Plan before every game. Always go into a game with a game plan, and knowledge of the field dimensions. If you can, walk the field the day before a tournament match, and draw up a sketch of the field. In most tournaments, the website for the paintball field hosting the tournament will have a printable page of the fields dimensions and bunker orientation.
Play with an aggressive attitude on the field. When you hear the Game On! signal move up the field immediately and take the bunkers that are in the key locations. Don't wait for your opponents to make the first move. If you are forced to go on the defensive right at the beginning of the game, it will limit your options. Go into a game with defensive moves in mind if you don't, you will be forced into playing defense.
Try to stay as unpredictable as you can on the field. It becomes easier to gameplan against you and your teammates if you keep doing the same thing over and over again. Stay on the move, don't keep coming out of the same bunker, and use a variety of moves to add diversity to your game.
After paintball matches, analyze your game for when you are getting hit. Make notes on where you are taking hits on your equipment and body. Work on keeping all of your body and shooting gear out of the sniper range when behind a bunker. If your gun barrel keeps getting hit, you're probably letting it stick out too much from your cover. If it's your feet, then you know that you are not keeping your whole body within that bunker.
Don't Tunnel. A player that tunnels is likely to focus too much on one particular section of the fields, and may miss some key elements. If a player becomes two fixated on one particular section, then they may fail to see an easier route to travel, or miss an approach from the enemy on the side.
If you are looking to secure as much territory as you can or move up the fields, move into an area that isn't well covered by the enemy. Go where your opposition isn't. Take the path of least resistance. Secure a section of the field sparsely populated by the enemy. This will make for an excellent base to launch an assault from.
Use clock technology to communicate your location to a teammate, or the location of your opponent. For instance, if you say "He's at your 6 oclock" you mean that "He's directly in back of you."
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