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paintballimpact.com / Skill Building / Field Sense
Field Sense
Succeeding in the sport of paintball involves utilizing a variety of skills that are either innate in a player, or come through a lot of practice and hard work. One paintball skill that comes from a lot of hard work and experience is field sense. Field Sense is the ability of a player to read the field to recognize enemy formations and tactics, and has a good overall sense of everything that is going on in the field. A player with a good field sense has an ability to recognize the opponent's formations and has a sense of what they are going to do before they make their move. By recognizing the formations of the enemy, the player with the good field sense can direct his team into position so that they will be ready to bunch a strong counter-offensive.
A paintball player with a good field sense can scan a field from left to right quickly to get a good sense of what the enemy is planning to do. If you've heart the phrase "the right place, at the right time, this phrase would apply to the player with good field sense. By recognizing the location of enemy players, and the pattern of their movements, the seasoned player can use his field sense to pull his team back, or the player can move up the field to back his team up. If he sees that the enemy is about to strike, he can move up the field to back up his players if he can see that they are about to be overwhelmed. If he sees that his own team flag is vulnerable, he can retreat back to take a defensive position around the flag station.
A player with an excellent field sense is able to "see" many events that are occurring on the field at once. He is able to recognize the opponent's players that are closest to him, but he also has an eye for where his teammates are on the field. The best way a player can develop a good field sense is through practice. As players play the game over and over again, they begin to use their peripheral vision. Though it is important to see what is going on in front of him, he must also be aware of the movements of the enemy all around him. This player is able to maintain enough of a focus to be able to concentrate on taking a good shot at the enemy, but not succumb to a rookie mistake known as tunnel vision. Tunnel vision occurs when a player focuses his attention almost entirely on one location, which is usually an opponent within shooting range. This player will then focus so much of his energy on hitting that opponent that he fails to see another enemy player creeping up behind him. And the player making the tunnel vision mistake will often not notice the player coming up from behind until it is too late.
The best way for a player to develop his field sense is through practice. There are many great fields to practice skill building, such as Pirate Paintball in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Pirate Paintball has a nice selection of fields for Woodsball, Speedball, and Airball, and takes player safety seriously. Pirate Paintball has a staff of well trained referees to manage the games to make sure that they are fun, but safe. Rec players must purchase field paint in order to participate in airball, speedball, and woodsball games. The woodsball fields at Pirate Paintball are superbly built, with multi-elevations, wide shooting lanes, and forts set up along the courses.
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