| Woodsball is a military type of paintball that imitates | | | | obstacles. For example, if your woodlot is by any |
| infantry combat in woodlots and fields. What | | | | chance second growth forest, it might be a tangle of |
| differentiates a typical woodball game from other | | | | thick underbrush. It will not provide efficient cover for a |
| types of paintball, like speedball, is the terrain. A good | | | | typical woodsball game which means that it is simply |
| game area can bring the fun to new levels or it can | | | | an obstacle which should be removed before the |
| ruin it for good. Of course, nature provides plenty of | | | | game. If among the property, there are old wire |
| raw materials for such a field but without further | | | | fences, do your best to remove them in order to |
| improvements, the game itself is not that great. With | | | | prevent unwanted accidents. For clearing brush and old |
| the help of this article we will try to offer some tips | | | | fencing, you should have mattock as well as a |
| regarding how to setup a basic woodsball field. | | | | standard shovel. |
| First thing to do is to examine the potential area for | | | | Last thing to do is to think about the placement of your |
| setting up the field, if it is not at least a couple of acres, | | | | own obstacles: forts, ditches, bunkers, walls and other |
| you should start looking elsewhere because a small | | | | similar objects that enhance the fun. With this one, you |
| field will not satisfy your needs. The shape of the field | | | | need to get creative so that the fun will be complete. |
| is just as important, if a small-sized woodsball field | | | | For example, a fallen tree can be piled into barricades. |
| looks like a narrow rectangle, it will most likely shape | | | | A standard paintball fort can offer a wide range of |
| the course of each and every game so that the vast | | | | strategies to the game but they require to be carefully |
| majority of them will be almost identical. Simply put, the | | | | installed. If the field is mostly open, with few rocks and |
| bigger the field, the better as you will have more | | | | trees, then you will need more man-made obstacles to |
| variety for playing your favorite woodsball game with | | | | provide game cover. |
| your friends and why not, family. | | | | One last important piece of advice, regarding the |
| Next order of business after choosing the location, | | | | safety considerations - players that build a field by |
| study the terrain very attentive. Some of the best | | | | setting pieces of metal or stone can cause serious |
| woodsball fields offer a variety of terrain, starting from | | | | injuries to other players during the game which is why |
| woodlots and open fields, continuing with slopes and | | | | it is very important to choose the right obstacles in |
| flat ground and ending with, why not, a creek or two. | | | | order to avoid unpleasant accidents. Existing structures |
| Of course, there is not much you can do in order to | | | | on the paintball field may be structurally unsound, |
| obtain such a terrain, it is there or it is not. However, | | | | depending on their age and damage that may have |
| study the terrain very well in order to observe what | | | | been caused. Paintball players should proceed with |
| minor or major improvements you can bring in order to | | | | great caution prior to using such structures. Have fun |
| maximize the fun. | | | | building the field and playing woodsball. |
| After that, you should get rid of all the unneeded | | | | |