| Paintball is a game played up of many players or | | | | is to shoot the paintball at a high rate of speed. In a |
| teams. It can be played indoors or out, with as few as | | | | standard gun, the propulsion system is compressed |
| two people or as many as 500. Paintball is played at | | | | gas such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen or ordinary air |
| designated fields, back yards or even in the woods. A | | | | and is stored in small or large tanks that can be |
| game can last as little as 5 minutes or hours with all | | | | attached to the gun. The paintball gun is also attached |
| depending on one to take something, find something, or | | | | to a hopper, which holds the paintballs. |
| to just be the last person not marked. Depending on | | | | Maintaining safety in paintball is important to make the |
| the location of where you play, the strategy of your | | | | game safe. The power of paintball guns is strictly |
| game will vary from being quiet and sneaky and | | | | regulated. Guns in play are adjusted so that the |
| choosing your shots carefully, to being loud, fast, and | | | | maximum speed of the paintball is 300 feet per |
| shooting constantly. Paintball is a competitive sport | | | | second. A paintball traveling at this speed is not likely to |
| played like any other competitive sport, to win. It is | | | | cause serious injury if it hits you, though it will sting and |
| challenging game of tag, hide-and-seek or even | | | | can leave a bruise. Also, since wind resistance starts |
| capture-the-flag. Being you shoot at other people and | | | | slowing the paintball down as soon as it leaves the |
| they shoot at you, paintball requires safety equipment | | | | gun, it has a reduced impact when fired from a |
| to be worn such as goggles, special clothing and etc. | | | | greater distance. Speeding paintballs can cause serious |
| An essential part of paintball is the paintball itself. As in | | | | injury to the eyes and paintball players always wear |
| tennis, the ball is the main element of a paintball game. | | | | protection. |
| But unlike a tennis game, paintball has dozens, often | | | | In addition to playing paintball for recreational use, |
| hundreds, of "balls" in play at any one time. As the | | | | paintball is also part of military and police training. In |
| name implies, these balls are actually tiny containers of | | | | terms of feel and handling, a paintball gun has little in |
| paint. | | | | common with an actual firearm, but paintball is still good |
| Paintballs have a really simple construction. They're | | | | training for combat situations. Mainly, it lets soldiers and |
| actually a lot like bath-oil beads. They are made of | | | | police practice strategy and the fine art of not getting |
| colored liquid enclosed in a gelatin shell and are | | | | shot. |
| available in a variety of colors. Paintball are also | | | | There are many paintball leagues around with |
| non-toxic, biodegradable and are water soluble. | | | | American Paintball League being one of the largest in |
| Basically, a paintball is like a small water balloon, | | | | the paintball industry. Another paintball league is the |
| weighing only a few grams. The shell holds up if you | | | | National Professional Paintball League. There are the |
| handle it or drop it from a short distance. When you | | | | two main paintball leagues. Though they both pertain to |
| shoot a paintball from a gun, however, it bursts on | | | | paintball, each has their own set of rules for playing the |
| impact and leaves large splatter of paint. | | | | sport. |
| The job of the paintball gun, or as many call a marker, | | | | |