| n Three Techniques | | | | target practice can be as simple as setting up |
| The strategies you employ in your paintball game | | | | soda cans a long distance away and knocking |
| will often depend on how many people are on | | | | them down one by one. When practicing, it is |
| each paintball team. A common team number is | | | | better to start simple and gradually grow more |
| three. The strategies used in three-on-three | | | | complicated. You should start either kneeling or |
| games are not too difficult to implement, and also | | | | standing and shooting at one single target as you |
| work well with bigger teams. Each team should | | | | focus on accuracy. Once you have done several |
| have one of the three players act as an attacker. | | | | rounds of shooting in this manner, proceed to |
| The goal of the attacker is simply to annihilate | | | | more complicated methods of target practice |
| members of the other team as effectively as | | | | such as shooting a target while running or shooting |
| possible. In the meantime, the two other players | | | | at a moving target. These forms of practice are |
| have the goal of protecting both the attacker and | | | | closer to the scenario of a real game and give |
| location or object being defended, as well as | | | | you results on the playing field. Remember that |
| assisting the attacker when possible. This is similar | | | | hitting the target a few times is not enough; to |
| to the positions of guard, center, and forward in | | | | be a great player, you need to be consistent. |
| basketball. | | | | Repetition will help you achieve this. Do not be |
| Playing Paintball as a Team or an Individual | | | | afraid to take several days or weeks to perfect |
| There is a huge variety of paintball games to | | | | a certain skill, such as taking a running shot, |
| choose from. The most common types of | | | | before moving on to others. |
| paintball games are team play and everyone for | | | | Paintball in the Olympics? |
| themselves. Since they are so popular, it is good | | | | Many paintball enthusiasts have often wondered |
| to know some of the different strategies that | | | | why this sport has not been included in the |
| are used in each of these games. Some team | | | | Olympics. It is a sport in every sense, involving |
| games include all-out war, being the first to | | | | both skill and strategy. Some people look at many |
| complete an objective or assignment, or a | | | | sports in the Olympics, and in comparison to |
| capture-the-flag game. Team games involve using | | | | paintball, they seem like a walk in the park. |
| strategy, assigning roles, and coordinating attacks | | | | Nevertheless, only sports that are governed and |
| or defenses. Some benefits to team games is | | | | recognized on an international basis become |
| that lots of people can play, and those with less | | | | candidates for acceptance at the Olympic level. In |
| experience have a chance to learn while being | | | | order to be included in the Olympic Games, sports |
| protected by more experienced members. The | | | | need to have some sort of governing body that |
| goal of individual games, regardless of the rules, is | | | | is recognized on a worldwide level. The sport also |
| usually to be the last person alive at the end. | | | | needs to be recognized by all countries and have |
| Sniping, evasion, tracking other players, and | | | | a standard set of rules. Paintball, even though it is |
| scoping the environment are all skills that this kind | | | | one of the most rapid growing sports today, is |
| of game can help you develop. This game is | | | | mainly an American sport and does not yet have |
| about the thrill of the hunt as much as it is about | | | | international recognition. Before paintball can |
| strategy. | | | | become an Olympic sport, its rules need to be |
| Target Practice Drills for Paintball | | | | standardized, and it needs to gain a following in |
| Target practice is one of the best things that you | | | | many other countries. |
| can do during your paintball practice. Exercises for | | | | |