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paintballimpact.com / Player Positions / Floater
Floaters - Floater
The floater is a paintball position player with no set position. Floaters often play the middle of the field, and move up or down the field as needed to assist. Floaters and roamers are similar position players as they may move into offensive or defensive positions, depending on need. A floater may move up the left or right flank to protect the paint man during a charge into enemy territory or a floater may assume the position of a safety if one of his men go down. A floater moves up and down the field to assure his team's success, and he gives the team flexibility by assuming important positions if a key player goes down.
A floater must have the greatest vision of the field because he will potentially be assuming any player position, whether it be in an offensive attack formation, or pulling back into a defense of the home flag. The floater roams the paintball field plugging up holes. Floaters must respond quickly to complete one end of a skirmish line, or to move into a sniper position if one of their teammates goes down. If your point man has found himself all alone when he decides to take the wire, he must move swiftly up the field to assist his comrade. A good paintball team has team members that take care of each other, and taking care of each other means one player backing up the other. Once the point man takes the wire, he must commit to that side of the field and push his way up the line into enemy territory. If a point man is taking the wire and loses his backup or sniper, then a floater must move into place to protect this side of the field. That's what makes the floater so special. While each player has own specialty, the pointman on attack, and the sniper on long range shooting accuracy, the floater must have a knowledge and proficiency in all positions.
Because floater must potentially assume any skill position, they are usually the most experienced players on the team. The floater has a clear vision of the field and must be able to recognize when one of his teammates is in trouble. A floater must be fast, and quick enough to move back into position to protect the enemy flag. The floater has to join in with a side that is about to overcome the opposition or move to shore up a side that is falling. The floater is also called a roamer or mid player. The floater is often in excellent physical condition because he will be often running from one end of the field to another in a single game. The floater usually starts the game in front of the back payer and behind the point man. In some paintball circles, the front players are referred to as the pointman, the attacker, or the tape runner. No matter what the name of the attacking player is, he must be well protected by his midfielders if he wants to stay in the game long.
The floaters are prized players on fields like Paintball Adventure Park in Taneytown, Maryland.
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