| One of the keys to dominating on the paintball field is | | | | you win the game. Don't think of it as hiding, think of it |
| to just keep moving. Although your instinct might be to | | | | as evading fire and pausing long enough until the coast |
| find a nice, cozy hiding space to lay low for most of | | | | is clear and you can move to a better location. |
| the game waiting for that perfect moment, fight that | | | | If your opponent has been hiding also, and pops out to |
| urge. Nine times out of ten that perfect moment never | | | | take a few shots at you it helps if you have moved |
| comes and you'll find yourself cut off from teammates | | | | on. What he doesn't know will come back to hurt him |
| and your goal. On the other hand, it is also very | | | | as you have a take aim from a superior strategic |
| tempting to charge ahead at full speed in a blaze of | | | | vantage point and let him have it with a hell storm of |
| glory flushing out the enemy and leaving a trail of | | | | paintballs. He will have never seen it coming. Knowing |
| destruction. This little gem of a tactic usually winds up | | | | when to move is more of a gut feeling on the playing |
| with a face full of paint for you. | | | | field, and not subject to a scientific formula. The more |
| No matter what type of game you are playing | | | | you play the better sense you will have on when to |
| whether it be woodsball or speedball, the key to | | | | go. It's a skill that must be practiced to be mastered. |
| victory is out maneuvering your opponent. Being | | | | Remember, the best players are not the ones that |
| outfitted with all the best equipment won't amount to a | | | | shoot the fastest or have the shiniest, new equipment. |
| hill of beans if you're out witted and out played with | | | | It is the players that know how to move that put more |
| better movements and strategies. | | | | marks in the win column. If you can develop an instinct |
| Once you are in the heat of the battle and the paint | | | | and the ability to move without thinking about it you will |
| starts flying the natural reaction is to duck your head. | | | | definitely become a force to be reckoned with on the |
| This is good. Self-preservation will keep you in the | | | | paintball field. |
| game. But continuing to advance up the field will help | | | | |