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paintballimpact.com / Thrill of Game / Free Land
Free Land
At the start of a paintball contest, you want to take as much real estate as you can to start the game. Before the game starts, the whole field is free land, as none of the key sniper or support points have yet to be occupied. When the referee calls or signals the beginning of a paintball game, you want to identify and be the first one to all of the key bunkers or natural points of shelter. In tournament matches or your local paintball field, you may get a chance to walk the field before hand or even study a printout of the field and bunker dimensions.
If you and your teammates are not aggressive and quickly enough at the beginning of a match, you may find yourselves without the benefit of the fields best vantage and sniper points. Teams that are slow out of the box may soon discover that their opponents have taken up most of the free land, and your may be knocked back on your heels early.
If you plan and implement your game to secure as much early free land as possible, then you will limit your opponents space and make it much harder for them to get your flag. Remember that some pre-game scouting of the field is important. During your pre-game scouting, you will observe some of the fields boundaries, the midpoint of the field, and some great points to launch a sniper attack. For a list of additional paintball tactical tips, read on below.
Before a match, walk the field when you can, to find all the great hiding places. Use your cover effectively. That means that you should find cover points where you can keep an eye on the field but not stick out enough to be an easy target for a sniper. Using your cover effectively also means to come out of your cover points to aim and shoot quickly and then go back under. If you linger too long out of your cover point, then you may become easy prey.
When you lean out from the tree, present the lowest profile to see and be seen. Keep your paintball gun close to your body and the barrel pointed up. You do not want your marker to betray you and give your position away. There is even a term for this action called the lazy hopper syndrome. The lazy hopper syndrome is where a player inadvertently gives his position away as he fails to keep his hopper away from the watchful eyes of opponents. In most paintball games, a shot of your gun is considered an elimination shot.
Move quickly and deliberately. Paintball is not a game that most players on the field are pretty experienced and own sophisticated markers that can shoot over 20 balls per second. The longer you remain out I the open the more likely you are to be tagged and before you come out of your cover point, you should already have a plan on where you are gong to and what you're gong to do. You should wear paintball clothes that allow you a full range of motion and that are pretty durable. If you are gong to succeed on the paintball field, you will do your share of sliding and head first diving.
Use our resources at Paintball Impact to learn about how to secure paintball fee land and have success on the field.
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