| Paintball is the fastest growing sports worldwide | | | | with paintball have occurred. The number one |
| and every day thousands of new players join this | | | | paintball rule is: never ever take you mask off |
| exciting sport. Many might think it is an extreme | | | | because the velocity of a paintball is high and it |
| sport - well, it is but there several differences to | | | | can easily damage your eyes. So, be careful when |
| "normal" extreme sports. One of the major | | | | you are playing. To be a successful player you |
| differences to regular extreme sports is that you | | | | need to follow some further simple rules. Well, of |
| hardly can survive a game on your own. Yes, you | | | | course you need the right gear. Without a high |
| need to cooperate and communicate with your | | | | quality gear it's hard to win. But, I think knowledge |
| team-mates. | | | | and skills 'how to paintball' are even more |
| Have you ever been to one of these career | | | | important. It does not make sense to spend a |
| assessment centres held by big companies when | | | | fortune on gear, if you don't know how hide |
| you apply for a job where your social behaviour, | | | | effectively; playing in a team and so on. One |
| team spirit, leading skills are being tested? Guess | | | | question I came across many times is that |
| what? I think they should exchange their entire | | | | beginners waste an awful amount of paintball. |
| psychological test against a round of paintball and | | | | Unnecessary in my view ! If you have the right |
| then select their new staff. You have to be highly | | | | knowledge and skills you would use only a minimal |
| communicative, you need interpersonal skills to | | | | amount of paintballs and still be the winner of the |
| follow or organise a team. | | | | game. |
| For beginners, the most important thing to | | | | I think it is also important that boys and girls have |
| remember is to protect yourself. Many injuries | | | | different strategies - by nature. |