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Speedball Skills & Tactics
The game of speedball includes indoor or outdoor rectangular paintball fields and two halves of a field that have an identical arrangement of bunkers. Speedball fields are composed of semi or permanent man-made bunkers, or portable inflatable bunkers that can be moved around on fields so that original bunker arrangements can be made on the fly. Some different types of inflatable bunkers include the half moon and the beam, two bunkers that are sorter than a player. On short bunkers like these, players either shoot from over the tops of these bunkers, or they lay down and shoot from around the sides of the bunkers. Players, depending on the arrangement of bunkers, the types of bunkers on the field, and the alignments of enemy players will need to employ different speedball skills and tactics to succeed. Players will need to use these various skills and tactics to get by in tournaments like the Sup' Air bowl in St. Cloud Minnesota and the Millennium Series in Europe. Many Speedball skills and tactic are designed for multiple player formations, since one player is much more likely to stay alive while moving down the field if he has another player backing him up, and laying down paint. If you have been reading the player skill and tactics articles featuring professional tournament paintball in magazines and paintball books, you will always read about the importance of team play.
In articles in magazines like Dead Box Magazine and Facefull, players always attribute their success to team play, and hours of practice each week towards building their speedball skills. Speedball are paintball games that are played at a fast pace. Though these are back, middle, and front players, all players must have a thorough knowledge of all players' positions, as each team will usually lose several players during a match. On a well balanced team, each player will practice speedball skills for multiple positions, as positions rotate during real games as players get eliminated. On most speedball fields, players will be close enough to all see each other.
Tournament Field Formats. Most speedball fields are rectangular with flat fields from sideline to sideline. The playing section of the field consists of two equal halves with an equal number of bunkers on both sides of the field. In high profile speedball tournaments like Bunkerfest and the CXBL the fields are either green grass or turf. The bunkers at high profile speedball tournaments are almost always inflatable bunkers. There are several quality grade producers of inflatable bunkers, including Sup' Air Ball and Ameri-Brand Products.
There are a number of key Speedball Skills and Tactics for player to learn is to have a strong game plan and to aggressively pursue your assigned bunker as soon as you hear the game start signal. A well prepared speedball team studies and game plans around the arena that they will be playing on. Teams will often walk to field before tournament games to draw up a game plan. As part of the game plan, each player will be assigned a specific bunker to rush to first when they hear the Game On! Signal.
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