| ey to all effective outdoor paintball gun strategies is | | | | to successfully completing your paintball gun strategies |
| practice. Every professional paintball team spends | | | | include knowing the terrain; having good communication |
| many hours going over their paintball gun strategies. | | | | and teamwork; and being able to move effectively. |
| Practice allows you to have individual skills and | | | | Know The Terrain |
| enhance teamwork. There are four steps you should | | | | Study your terrain well and look for any advantages. If |
| use when practicing outdoor paintball gun strategies. | | | | there are hills you can slowly climb up at a crouch. |
| Discussion | | | | Then when you reach the top you can pop-up for a |
| Before you even being training it is best to go over the | | | | quick look before dropping to your stomach for |
| various field plans as a team and decide on the best | | | | protection. This way you can quickly and easily see |
| paintball gun strategies you should use. Consider the | | | | what targets are available. |
| different situations you may run into and the plans you | | | | If the goal is to protect your flag then you should look |
| can use. Before you actually set foot on the field you | | | | for a tree that gives you good protection while allowing |
| want to make sure everyone is clear on what to do. | | | | for movement. It may be a good idea to try sitting in |
| Dry Training | | | | the tree and suprising your opponents from above. |
| In this step you want to take the time to walk through | | | | Communication and Teamwork |
| all your paintball gun strategies. You don't have to do | | | | Communication is essential to outdoor paintball gun |
| this on the actual field, especially if you don't know | | | | strategies. Make sure you have your movements |
| where its going to be. You can practice in your | | | | planned so that everyone instinctively knows where to |
| backyard if necessary, just make sure everyone | | | | go and what to do just by watching each other. In |
| knows what your paintball gun strategies look like | | | | outdoor paintball games communication doesn't |
| when they are in progress. | | | | necessarily mean the verbal kind. You don't want the |
| Half-Speed Training | | | | other team to know what you are doing so silent |
| In this training method you will actually use paintballs. Go | | | | communication is important. Choose a leader and base |
| through all of your paintball gun strategies, but go | | | | your reactive strategy off them. Choose your leader |
| slowly like you did with dry training. Don't rush and use | | | | based on tactical experience, military sense and nerve. |
| soda cans as targets. If you can hit soda can during | | | | Movement |
| training, you will have no trouble hitting your opponent | | | | The most important part of outdoor paintball gun |
| during the game. | | | | strategies is movement. If you want to rush through |
| Full-Speed Training | | | | the woods it is best to stay on uncluttered ground. |
| Now you will be running through the field and using | | | | When you are in the woods the spot you step on will |
| paint as if you were playing against real opponents. It is | | | | have an impact on how loud you are. It is best to have |
| a good idea to do this first on the speedball field where | | | | comfortable hiking boots especially if the area is |
| you can get a feel for your paintball gun strategies and | | | | muddy and the ground is unlevel. |
| how the team works. Then you can do a practice run | | | | Another key to silence in outdoor paintball gun |
| in the woods before you are ready to face your | | | | strategies is your hopper or paintball pods. If they are |
| opponents. | | | | half-filled they will be as loud as baby rattles. You |
| Practice is a long and important process. By following | | | | should choose pods that are about half or 3/4 the size |
| the four steps of practice you can be successful | | | | of your hopper. |
| every time you step on the field. However, some keys | | | | |