| Getting shot by a paintball can hurt. A paintball | | | | impact, just mostly skin and bone. Your hands |
| travels at speeds around 290 mph, and when you | | | | stick out a lot when you play paintball, protect |
| get hit, your skin is absorbing that impact. 290 | | | | them by wearing a nice pair of padded paintball |
| mph is plenty fast enough for a .68 caliber | | | | gloves. |
| paintball to sting and leave a welt. | | | | 4. To protect your forearms, another part of the |
| Here are five ways you can take some of the | | | | body that like the hands is often hanging out and |
| sting out of paintball. By wearing the following | | | | getting shot, pick up some nice forearm |
| protective gear you can protect yourself and | | | | protection. |
| come out with less welts after a day of paintball. | | | | 5. Pads that cover your entire shin as well as your |
| | | | knee are very convenient to have. Paintball can |
| 1. Protect your melon with a hat of some kind. | | | | be a rough sport on your knees. With all the |
| Whether it's a baseball hat, a stocking cap, a | | | | crouching and sliding, pads that cover your knees |
| beanie or some kind of head wrap that has some | | | | can be a lifesaver. Shin coverage is also an added |
| padding to it, it will help protect your head from | | | | bonus for taking the sting out of those shots to |
| those painful shots to the dome. | | | | the shin. |
| 2. Getting shot in the neck with a paintball can be | | | | By wearing a hat, neck protection, gloves, |
| probably the worst place to get shot. Neck | | | | forearm, and shin protection a paintball player can |
| protection made out of neoprene can protect | | | | cut down on the sting and even the welts |
| your neck and take some of the sting out of a | | | | involved in paintball. |
| hit. | | | | There are many options out there for paintball |
| 3. Wear paintball gloves to protect your fingers | | | | protection, do some research and pick the right |
| and hands. Getting hit in the finger hurts. Not | | | | gear for you. |
| much padding on your hands to absorb the | | | | |