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Field Awareness Communication
Field awareness communication in paintball is essential to have a winning team. Field awareness communication is the ability of a team to communicate with each other on the field, so that teammates know where each other are, and keep each other aware responsive to the movements of the enemy. Success in the game requires two essential ingredients, players working together, and teams recognizing the patterns of the enemy and getting into position according. Teams with excellent field awareness communication skills know where their teammates are, and communicate with each other regarding the location of the opposing team's players. In most paintball games, there are attackers, or pointmen, midfielders or rovers, snipers, and defenders. Successful teams work together, and back each other up, so that their pointmen are supported by their mid-fielders and snipes, and the mid fielders are supported by the midfiedlers if the objective for defending is threatened by the enemy from one end of the field to the other, each player is backed up by another player, and must work together to back each other up if help is needed in one particular area. Field awareness communication means that teams are able to communicate well enough so that they are able to execute a game plan, and make quick adjustments in the event that players need to move to certain positions of the field to back up their teammates.
Field Awareness Communication is one of the basic skills that a team need sot have or learn to be successful in tournaments or professional games. In games like speedball, you may be crouched behind a bunker, unable to see any of your other teammates or opposing players. In this case, you must communicate verbally with your teammates to get appraised of your position relative to your friends and enemy out there. The better you communicate with your teammates, the more prepared you will be when the enemy tries to make a move. Most experts in the game consider teamwork and good communication be more important than the skill of individual players. A well coached team with excellent field awareness communication skills can triumph over a collection of players with superior talent and paintball gear if the team with the superior individual skills needs work on their communication. In competitive and professional circles, players trying out for a team must demonstrate not only his proficiency in shooting and game tactics, but also his ability to work well with teammates and communicate well. Players that go it alone are often the first to get eliminated and are often not a valuable asset to their team.
Teams like Turbulence of Velocity have proven that excellent field awareness communication is the key to tournament success. Turbulence Velocity, headquartered out of Lemon Grove, California, have a record of success in high profile tournaments such as the XPSL Series, and the NPPL Super 7 Series. Turbulence's success has drawn sponsorships of national manufacturers such as Dye Precision and WPN Paintballs as a result of their success on the pro circuit. Turbulence of Velocity is built with a talented roster of players, including Drew "Kelso" Carlisle, Kirsten "M.A.D." Beck, Alex "Nexi" Sainz, and Jeff Carpenter. The Turbulence website, www.turbulencepaintball.com, has an amazing image gallery with hundreds of pictures of action shots from their successful tournament matches. As a result of their excellent field awareness communication, the team has placed highly in events such as the San Diego Paintball Club Tournament (2003) and the XPSL Event Championship at Hollywood sports Park (October 2005).
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