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