| There are more people who sustain serious injuries | | | | head paintball goggles which in my opinion is |
| golfing than playing paintball, so it is a very safe sport in | | | | irresponsible as paintball's can hit exposed area's such |
| comparison to more mainstream sports. Kids tend to | | | | as the back of the head. If a child gets a paintball to |
| get injured when playing paintball because of a lack of | | | | the back of the head this could be extremely |
| supervision, or lack of appropriate equipment. In this | | | | uncomfortable and potentially dangerous. |
| article I will outline what pointers you need to look for | | | | - Full Combat Suits : A good paintball centre will provide |
| when booking paintball to make sure they stay safe. | | | | players with full combat suits. These suits will have built |
| Fully Trained Paintball Marshal's - Children tend to have | | | | inbuilt padding on the joint area's such as the knee's |
| much lower concentration spans than adults, and can | | | | and elbows. These can save your kid discomfort and |
| easily get distracted during safety briefings and on the | | | | protect their joints when they are diving around the |
| field. So it is essential to find a paintball centre that | | | | paintball field. |
| employs marshal's who have experience with | | | | - Body Armour : When your children are playing |
| managing children. These marshals will be able to keep | | | | paintball body armour is essential. Paintball strikes to |
| the children more engaged and also will have a | | | | parts of the body such as the chest and the sternum |
| sharper eye when it comes to looking for children | | | | can be extremely painful and potentially dangerous for |
| displaying dangerous behaviour on the field like taking | | | | children if they are not wearing body armour. The |
| off their paintball goggles. | | | | body armour will absorb a lot of the impact of the |
| Provision Of Safety Equipment - The paintball centre | | | | paintball's reducing the pain, or paintball's hitting greatly.If |
| that you choose to host your kids paintballing game | | | | you follow the points above, making sure that your |
| should provide all of the necessary paintball equipment | | | | children are supervised by experienced marshals and |
| to ensure your childrens safety listed below | | | | also are wearing the necessary safety equipment |
| | | | then you can be confident that your children will be |
| - Full Head Paintball Goggles : In more or less or | | | | playing paintball in a safe environment. One of the best |
| paintballing centres paintball guns will fire paintball's | | | | ways to find the safest paintball sites near you is by |
| around 300 feet per second, and this will not differ | | | | visiting the websites of the governing bodies of |
| when children play. Not all paintballing centres offer full | | | | paintball such as the UK Paintball Authority. |