| Paintball is one of the fastest growing outdoor sports | | | | you need. Crouching, lying on your stomach, kneeling |
| in the United States, partly due to the availability of | | | | are all useful ways to make yourself less prone to |
| more and more paintball arenas in various regions, | | | | exposure to the enemy's fire. |
| getting started is no longer difficult and inaccessible! | | | | Flanking |
| The professionals will agree that well executed tactics | | | | This advance tactics is some of the most useful and |
| will triumph luck any day in the arena, thus this article | | | | effective way to end a paintball game. By flanking |
| will talk about some of the more popular and general | | | | each side of your enemy, you can quickly surround |
| tactics out there. | | | | them and start turning the tides of war into your favor. |
| Shooting Tactics | | | | However, be careful that if executed wrongly, your |
| Like the army, the easiest team tactic to employ is the | | | | enemy will have the chance to counter flank. |
| shooting tactic, which is to basically fire a huge amount | | | | Suppression Tactics |
| of pallets to your enemy while the team move | | | | Suppression tactic's real aim is not quickly kill off your |
| forwards. With enough shots, your enemies will be | | | | opposing team, rather it is useful in providing your team |
| encourage to hide behind a cover, which allows your | | | | with distraction so that any other tactics that you have |
| team to move in quicker for a close shot and kill. | | | | might work. This is especially useful in games where |
| Cover Tactics. | | | | you have to capture the flag, or when you're |
| This defensive paintball tactic will save yourself from | | | | employing the flanking tactics. |
| getting shot, because by covering you will appear as a | | | | Employing these tactics will requires good team work, |
| very small target, as compared to when out in the | | | | as well as the know how of each tactics. Ultimately, it |
| open. Most paintball field will have sufficient covers | | | | comes down to practicing, like any other competitive |
| which you can use, tree, bunkers, bags are easily | | | | sports in life, the more you practice the better you will |
| found in and can always provide you with the cover | | | | get. |