Tactic’s and Tips For Playing

Here are a few tips to help improve your paintball game. .  When you're out on the field playing, you don’t often have time to think, so some preparation, and giving thought to what you are going to do before you go out on the field will improve your game .

Situational awareness
Look around you on the field and see where on the field opposing players will be able to shoot at you from. Check all angles of the field where can you be hit from, not from just in front of you. Don't get tunnel vision, look around, not just in front of you. Don't concentrate on one target alone. Watch the field for more oppurtunities/threats, often you will be able to eliminated a player across the field who is not watching you easier than the player in front of you.

Assess your cover
Are there holes in the barricade to look through, shoot through or alternatively be shot through. When you are behind the barricade is there any part of you exposed, such as a foot, or your hopper.

Listen
Listen for foot steps, rattling hopper’s or the opposing team talking.

Communicate
Talk to your team mates. Let them know when you are moving, get them to cover you. Let your team mates know where the enemy is and where there are moving to. Tell your team how many players are left, this is very important. This is probably the difference between a team and just a bunch of individuals who happen to be wearing the same coloured arm bands.

Vary your Fire Position
Don’t come out from the same spot of one barricade each time. The person on the other side will already have you lined up the second time you poke your head out.

Come out, Come out ready for action
If you are going to stick your head out to see where your enemy is, come out with your gun up ready to fire. If there is a target you can let him have it straight away rather than having to come out again or lift your gun up to fire.

Know where your going
Before you run out from your cover know where you are going. Plan ahead where ever possible.