| Paintball is a relatively young sport in comparison | | | | 500,000 members. Paintball centres will aim to get |
| to the more established sports such as football | | | | accredited with these paintball centres to show |
| and cricket. Because of this there are a lot less | | | | that they maintain strict safety and customer |
| public places where you can play paintball, meaning | | | | satisfaction levels. You can phone the governing |
| they are harder to find. So in this article I will | | | | bodies directly or visit their websites and then find |
| outline 3 strategies you can use to quickly find | | | | your closest accredited paintball centres. |
| your closest paintball centres. | | | | Information and Review Websites - |
| Google Maps - | | | | There are a large number of independent review |
| Google maps have a feature that allows business' | | | | and information websites that list and review |
| to list their locations on Google Maps pages. This | | | | paintball centres across the country. An example |
| means that you can either type into Google the | | | | of one of the biggest websites in the UK is |
| area where you live followed by "paintball centre", | | | | paintball.co.uk. You can search on their website by |
| and if a listed paintball centre is close a map will | | | | location to find your closest paintball centre. One |
| show up on the main Google page showing your | | | | example a large review site is Qype.co.uk. This is |
| closest centre. The other way to do it is to go | | | | an example of a web 2.0 site where all of the |
| directly to google.com/maps and then type in | | | | content is created by the people, consisting of a |
| "paintball centre" in the main search field. You can | | | | reviews submitted by the members. |
| then move the map to your location and zoom in | | | | If you use any or all of these 3 methods above, |
| to find your closest listed paintball centre. | | | | you will be able to discover in no time your |
| Governing Bodies - | | | | closest paintball centre. If you want an even |
| Paintball has a number of different governing | | | | easier option then I would suggest visiting the |
| bodies, tending to vary dependent on where you | | | | largest paintballing companies websites and finding |
| live. For example in the UK the biggest governing | | | | out where their paintball centres are located. |
| body for paintball is the UKPBA, with over | | | | |