| Ready, fire - aim is not our motto with paintball. I know | | | | Marines put on their ability to hit the target that they |
| you can walk the paintballs to your target but when | | | | are shooting at. |
| you take your first shot, guess what, your opponent | | | | The entire first week is spent "snapping in", which is a |
| knows that you are shooting at them and they are | | | | drill where they just practice aiming at their target and |
| going to find cover. So the better approach is, as | | | | dry firing their rifle. No bullets are fired during the first |
| you've already heard, ready, aim - fire. Be sure to take | | | | week and no weapon is discharged - nothing but dry |
| careful aim before you shoot. The most successful | | | | firing. Just getting used to pointing the rifle at a target |
| players do this 95% of the time. | | | | and learning to squeeze the trigger slowly. Just imagine |
| If you take the time to aim at your target, guess what, | | | | if you spent a whole week 8 hours a day dry firing at |
| you improve your chances of hitting them on the first | | | | a 55-gallon barrel with a bunch of small targets painted |
| shot by a factor of 10. That means that while the | | | | on it. I bet your aiming would improve greatly. |
| average players are busy wasting valuable ammo you | | | | The point is to take your time, find your target and |
| my friend are a deadly force to be reckoned with. | | | | sloooowly squeeeeze the trigger. Marines are trained |
| While the average paintball player hits his target 3 or 4 | | | | to do it in combat. If it's that important to those, who |
| out of ten times you will be hitting your target at least | | | | put their lives on the line, do you think it should be |
| 8 out of 10 times. That's pretty much double. And if | | | | important to you? I'm not talking about taking 5 minutes |
| you can hit your opponent twice as often as he hits | | | | to take careful aim and really really slowly pull the |
| you there is no doubt who will come out victorious. | | | | trigger; I'm talking about doing it quickly. Shoulder your |
| In Marine Corps Bootcamp, which by the way is | | | | weapon, take aim and squeeze off a round. Just as |
| eleven weeks long, twice as long as any other branch | | | | simple as counting 1, 2 and 3. And it should be about |
| of the service, well maybe not twice as long, Marine | | | | that fast, 1 put your weapon up to your shoulder, 2 |
| recruits spend 2 weeks at the rifle range learning how | | | | take quick aim, and 3 squeeze the trigger and BANG, |
| to shoot. In comparison to that they only spend one | | | | you've painted your target. Who's next? As always be |
| week learning how to fight in a combat situation. This | | | | careful, keep your weapon pointed in a safe direction |
| should give you some idea of the importance that the | | | | and lets take that hilltop - follow me. |