Snap shooting and reballs 
I've been playing paintball since I was 12 the one thing I cant stress enough for new paintball players (mainly speedball) is to get the proper technique ...

7 Paintball Tips 
7 Paintball Tips: DON'T FLINCH KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL

I may not be the best paintballer out there, well not by a long shot but as I am leaving in ...

Blind Shooting tip and funny story 
Ok. This tip works great if you are either outnumbered or if there are a lot of opponents closing in on you or both. OK here's the story.
My dad's friend ...

Just a couple good tips 
1- Communication- It is the most important thing in a match. if you do not talk to your team and your team does not talk to you, you will most likely loose....

The most important part of paintball 
The most important part of paintball is the break. It is exactly what it sounds like, it makes or "breaks" the team. Keep your fronts and mids alive for ...

If you run out of air during a paintball game 
OK so I was in the middle of a paintball game and it was the last game of the day before they closed so i didn't have time to fill up my tank, i only had ...

Keep moving even when you like to camp! 
When me and my friends play woodsball, ctf, .ect. I normally am the team sniper. I play with a customized Spyder MR2 but anyways. One of my favorite things ...

Stand Sideways 
I was Paintballing the other day and I was getting creamed, so my buddy gave me some advice. The next time out on the field, I kicked butt. I must have ...

Ghost flanker  
a ghost flanker is a person in a guille suit that waits out in front of an ambush. You can form an ambush by forming a big "U" in your field. the ghost ...

three paintball tips 
OK, here's three paintballing tips...
1. Even if you think you have been seen don't move till you are sure because half the time they don't see you, and ...

Speed Is The Key. 
At one point during my time paintballing, I hooked up with some guys and we went to a outdoor field run like speedball. All the quick-paced intensity ...

Step Up Daredevil 
If you are playing with some people who haven't played before or are afraid to get hit you need to step up. You have to go to your opponent and not let ...

Hit 
Ok if you want to have fun at paintball and become good the only tip I have is to not be afriad to get hit or shot. If you over come that fear its all ...

Playing Snake 
When you are going to play snake you are going to want to get there as fast as you can while making yourself as small as you possibly can. So right off ...

Don't hug cover, and ALWAYS have an extra trick up your sleeve! 
I don't have a story because I haven't played paintball yet. I'm only 12, and the age limit of Singapore (In south-east Asia, below Malaysia) for paintball ...

Where no one else goes 
I was playing paintball with my friends on a field with a small stream about waist deep. I used stream to flank the other team from their complete rear ...

Low and Slow 
If your ever trying to sneak up on someone, stay low and move slow. The slower you move, the less other peoples eyes will notice you. Same goes with staying ...

Snap shooting, angles, and movement 
The picture isn't me, but this what I I looked like when I played.

So I was running up to the snake and a line of paintball was coming at me. I dive ...

Keep moving 
The temptation for most beginning players is to drop behind something and sit there until either the game ends or they are shot. This is a very bad idea ...

It's Not About The Paintball Jersey! 
Before I start I want everyone reading this to know that I'm a newbie at paintball. This story is actually about the first time I've ever played on a real ...

Favorite Paintball Manuever: Bunkering (for more experienced players)  
My favorite of all paintball manuevers... this is deffinately a harder method of playing, it requires alot of mental awareness, physical strength, firepower,...

Advice For Over-The-Hill Paintballers 
If you are a bit out of shape and older like me, 41. AND if you have teenage sons that you play with, BUY THEM PAINTBALL GEAR!!! The tip here is, really ...

Seize Opportunities On The Paintball Field 
It is always a good idea to maintain cover and maintain complete situational awareness on the paintball field.

However, when you see an opportunity ...

Tippman 98 With Flatnline Barrel...The Advantage 
I have a tippman 98 with a flat line barrel. Stay as far away as you can, and you can actually hit people that cannot hit you.

Door snapshooting 
Here is a tip for you young guns out theer. If ya wanna improve your snapshooting here is a tip for ya. Stand behind an open door facing a mirror. Hold ...

Save Paint 
I know most people go out with like four extra pods ready to throw some paint. But from past experience
I found that you can be very effective without ...

Paintball Camouflage Tips 
I cant believe no one has mentioned the importance of camouflage in paintball. I wear camo all the time. I will never go into the field without camo ...

Snapshooting Avice 
I’d have to say that the more controlled your snapshots r the more they will help u

For me @ least I never shoot more than a shot every snap

The ...

Communication 
I was in MCJROTC in highschool many of us were military nuts, most of our group are in one brach of the service or another. We bought an Army field amnual ...

Paintball Teamwork 
Hello. I'm ZAck Griffiths and my tip is to use teamowork for you small person team. Before or even after a game talk to your players and review what you ...

Flanking & Scouts 
Flanking and Scouts can save your life in a game.

SCOUTS: Make sure that you pick the lightest fastest and lightest geared to be Scout. You may have ...

Paintball Field Position 
As a new paintball team, we had lot of problems handling things like: where we should go and what position we should play in. Through practice we discovered ...

Paintball Awareness 
Be very aware and don't get tunnel vision. Always have a clear goal: hanging that flag.

Playing the Snake 
First off let me say that you will not succeed at playing snake without on the field practice. There is a 1 in a trillion chance that someone might be ...

Get in shape 
After you learn to shoot and stay low the next thing you need to do is get in shape. if you can run and jump all day long you can ware your computation ...

Don't Rush! 
Unless you're playing speedball, DON'T RUSH! If there is no immediate rush, you don't have to sprint. Stay back and play it safe. If it gets to one on ...

Paintball Sniper 
If you want to be a paintball sniper get the clothes to do it. Don't have bright colors, stick to the ghille suits and or camo. You'll have a better chance ...

Sniping 
Okay well at my local field it is all woodland and there is a lot of tall grass, bushes, etc...well during a game of hunter (3-5 people hid in the field,...

Sitting Duck 
* In my experience paintballing I've learned to never stay in one spot for too long. KEEP MOVING! It's the best thing you can do, don't let your opponent(...

Woodsball Tips 
In woodsball, if you have subdued clothes, and you keep totally still, you can oftentimes get people good. At the beginning of a woodsball game you should ...

Filling Your Hopper During A Paintball Game 
What you do is fill your tubes with balls and hide behind anything you can find - make it smaller as you go - then have a friend watch you from the front ...

Paintball Success Tip and A Story 
Well, I'm only 14 and I live in Mozambique. So this might not be the best success tip or story ever, but it works well for me.

I was playing at my local ...

Summary Of Paintball Tactics, Techniques, And Tips So Far... 
After reading all of the other paintball tactics and tips this is basically what they say so far...

1. Always stay covered. Make sure your body is constantly ...

Always Stretch 
Always stech before your paintball game. I built a paintball course with my little brother and some other help. We were playing on it and I didnt stretch....

Scared The New Paintball Players 
We have an urban paintball field with a bus. At the back of the bus there is a hole with a ridge in front of it. I was playing with a bunch of newbies ...

Simple woodsball strategies 
While playing woodsball, I find that if you surround toe oppositions known position or fort stealthily and have your entire team fire at the same time ...

Disabled "Shmishabled" Paintballer 
Yeah ok , So I'm disabled and can't run. Does this stop me from filling your body with little red and purple welts? No. Paintball is one of the best sports ...

Practicing Paintball In School 
Well, if your still in school, an decide to go get a "drink" or even use the bathroom during a class... you leave the class an if you got the school halls ...

Basic formula for paintball success 
I had just ran about 40 meters and dove into a thicket of bushes and crawled to the edge to start suppressing the enemy as soon as I got there I started ...

Semi Auto Advantage 
Well. I firmly believe in semi auto, 3 round burst, and fully auto combos. I think they have a huge advantage over most opponents guns because they can ...

A Tip 
Always stay in good cover...unless you are doing a full on rush with a couple of men watching your tail.

Aggressiveness 
About 3 months ago I joined a 3 man tounrney.
There was 3 catergories, bronze, silver, and gold.

My team and I put ourselves in the silver group.
Playing ...

Paintball Signals 
I just put a paintball team together and we decided to use hand signals to tell where other players are instead of yelling it. This way the other team ...

Protect Your Eyes 
How To Protect Your Eyes. Last summer, while vacationing in the Poconos, my brother and I wanted to give Skirmish a try. My Mom was concerned that it wasn'...

Don't Wimp Out! 
If you and some teammates are stuck behind bunkers, u and a buddy should run right down the middle of the field to make the opposing team to stand up and ...

3 Paintball Tips 
In paintball, always move to your right. Never play alone because you must play as ateam. The backman should always be shooting and reporting his or her ...

A Paintball Story 
I was playing on a small field with 2 other people. We didn't have a whole lot of people but still had fun. Me and kid #1 decided to team up on kid #2....

Shooting From The Tree's 
I was playing paintball 1 on 1 with my friend in a huge forest area. I have a tippman 98 custom with a 20" barrel. What I did was climbed up a tall tree ...

Check your gun before playing 
Before every round you play fire one or two quick shots just to make sure your guns not out of air or that you don't have any thing wrong wit your gun....

Paintball Teamwork 
For me the most important part of paintballing is teamwork. You can be the best player in the world and if you dont use teamwork you will probalby fail....

Snake buddy system  Not rated yet
The snake usually consists of three or four bunkers lined up on the RIGHT SIDE of the field. The snake can be one of the biggest influences on the game....

Brave little man  Not rated yet
I was playing at my local field only one course and its speedball and they we have a team practice so about the closest thing to the teams skill level ...

Shooting people in the fort  Not rated yet
One day after school me and all my buddies went to go play paintball. At the break of the game I went through the woods to the back of their fort. In the ...

Using angles and flanking  Not rated yet
Angles are the easiest way to make things go your way in paintball. A bunker (cover) can only protect you for "x" amount of space at a time. To use angles ...

Trees Provide Good Cover  Not rated yet
Never underestimate the use of a tree. Up high is the last place you are expected and it can provide good cover, especially if it is Spring or Summer. Always ...

Woodsplay Tip  Not rated yet
I played with some friends and use a us army project salvo customized. Do what I do is as there shooting at someone else run up because they won’t look ...

How To Communicate With Your Team  Not rated yet
You communicate with your team and tell them where rival players are on the filed 2 or possibly more ways. You can divide the field into sections. I usually ...

Special Operations - Recon reports and assassinations  Not rated yet
Special Operations - operating behind enemy lines...

The picture above shows the sort of terrain we train in. Less than ideal for sneaking around.

My ...

When your comrade is trying to flank  Not rated yet
My friend, Chris, and I were held up on a far corner of a woods, we were outnumbered and out-gunned (2 semi auto's vs. 4 automatics) I told Chris that ...

Be selective   Not rated yet
I took out several players in a single match by being on the move, lying prone, and shooting ONLY when the enemy was sighted. I used as few shots as possible ...

Hiding in the brush  Not rated yet
Hiding in the brush...

It's a trick I learned when I was studying Ninjutsu. When you are playing in thick vegetation, crouch or lay down below the vegetation ...

Don't Waste Ammo  Not rated yet
I'm a beginner in paintball, but have played airsoft for several years, and I've learned that you don't need to unload your ammo like crazy. If you do,...

Practice and Play  Not rated yet
You can read tips and tactics all you want about paintball. But, tips and tactics alone won't help you become a better player. You need to get out there ...

out of paint or c02?  Not rated yet
I have run out of paint or c02 and will be out if I leave the field. When you run out get behind a big bunker and just keep putting your hopper in the ...

Lay Down and Call Your Shot  Not rated yet
This is a highly recommended tip for any player out there.

First, Set up your team in a position were 1 player is on each of the corners and one is ...

Quickfire Paintball Tip  Not rated yet
Using any paintball gun with a handle up front: Hold the front handle in your non trigger hand; place the butt against your shoulder; put your finger in ...

paintball shooting tip  Not rated yet
Paintball shooting tip: Never shoot your paintball gun twice!

When you get cover and your opponent knows were you are do not pop up twice. Pop up and ...

Woodsball Basics   Not rated yet
Use large trees as cover. Move regularly between large trees and snap shoot your opponent. Avoid blind firing. Learn how to run & shoot. Keep your limbs ...

Facial Reconstruction and Your mask!  Not rated yet
I was paintballing in a tournament. Everything was good. I shot this guy in the shoulder and he raised his hands and went to the ref to ask him something....

Kill Skirmish  Not rated yet
I was playing with Skirmish in Lasham, England. I was sat in a crater about 2 meters deep and 4 meters wide with fallen tree along the front which you ...

Teamwork  Not rated yet
One time I was playing at my friends house for his party. This was the last game we were playing and my team had two players left including me, the other ...

Do you need a great paintball gun?  Not rated yet
New players to the game sometimes feel they need to get a good paintball and "good" equipment. That's not necessarily true. What you need is to get on ...

Breakshooting  Not rated yet
Now I know breakshooting is an old tactic, but it still works wonders! I was playing a one-on-one game with my cousin in my home-made course. it's a '50 ...

Partners Work  Not rated yet
We were playing at the local paintball field and had decided to try out a random tactic. We had decided to pair up in partners. On the break all the pairs ...

Cover   Not rated yet
The key to not getting hit is cover. if you don't have it your screwed. the other day me and my team were out at a practice my buddy decided to take a ...

Hand Signals In Paintball  Not rated yet
Hand signals in Paintball...

Hi everyone,
My name is Luis "ACE". I know everyone had enough articles about communication & why it is important. But ...

Flanking  Not rated yet
If your team is attracting a lot of fire, take a teammate and go from cover to cover until you get behind the enemy and take them out. If done stealthily ...

Dont keep your paintball gun and hopper exposed  Not rated yet
I was paintballing with my friends at my friend Kobe's house and it was my first time paint balling. I had just bought a new Ricochet: Apache hopper and ...

Battle Buddies  Not rated yet
Have a battle buddy. This is the guy/gal you move with in the field. Never go it alone. A buddy will have your back, be an extra set of eyes, and can ...

Tippmann 98 custom for Christmas  Not rated yet
This is my Tippman above, minus the hopper. It's a platinum edition, and it's all stock parts. Nothing has been changed.

Alright, so I got a tippmann ...

Paintball is for all types of people!  Not rated yet
(The picture above is the first fort we built. Not much to look at but we made gnarly one after that day)...

I play almost every second Saturday with ...

How to play the snake  Not rated yet
Here's how to play the snake:

You know how there are those little gaps between bunkers in the snake. I learned this helpful tip from Mike of Tech PB....

Your best paintball weapon  Not rated yet
Why knowledge is your best paintball weapon...

Ok, so you just got to your friends house for a three on three paintball game, you are waiting for everyone ...

A Pincer Move  Not rated yet
A pincer move...

What you need is 3 or more players. Break into 3 teams, they don't have to be even. The team with the most players (or if you have ...

Flicking The Tricking  Not rated yet
Flicking The Trigger: I found out that if you use just your middle finger to flick the trigger you can fire like as fast as the speed of sound. Me and ...

Woodsball Versus Speedball and Communication!  Not rated yet
If you play woodsball you need to work together.

But in speedball you can't win without communication. I have won numerous times because the other team ...

Fortified Paintball Advance  Not rated yet
Fortified Paintball Advance -- The trick is to take the cover with the greatest protection. Just because its a house doesnt mean its safe. As one of my ...

KNOW YOUR FIELD!!!!!  Not rated yet
I know it's simple, but it's helped me a TON. Knowing my local fields and their flanks is extremely valuable. My kill ratio has jumped significantly. So ...

Exposed Hopper  Not rated yet
Although we all think it is obvious, I have found that every time I used to snap shoot on the speedball field my barrel was against the bunker but the ...

Body Language  Not rated yet
If your having trouble finding your opponents, try using Body Language. Look at your teammates and find out where they are shooting at, if there not smart ...

Tape Runner Trick  Not rated yet
In speedball, send up your worst man as a tape runner on the opposite side of the snake. Cover from left and right. Make a fire triangle, with both men ...

Speedball Strategy  Not rated yet
In speedball, send up your worst man as a tape runner on the opposite side of the snake, cover from left and right, make a fire triangle, with both men ...

Some time's stupid things work...  Not rated yet
This doesn't mean it works all the time but let me tell you I can't count the number of times my team and the other team will just be benched down and ...

Situational Awareness  Not rated yet
So, yesterday I played my first games of paintball. The sport is fun, but the first game I played, we were all new players. I was hiding behind an L shaped ...

Have A Buddy Follow  Not rated yet
I think you should always have someone to follow and fight next to you because they can help you find good flanks, cover and like I just said fight next ...

One On One  Not rated yet
It was me against my friend. I was at the bottom of the hill and he was at the top. The ref yelled go so it was on. My friend ran to the side and started ...

Scenario Paintball, Snapshooting and More Tips  Not rated yet
This is more for scenario paintball play. Does work for speedball in some cases as well though.

The gun a play uses says a lot about what u can expect ...

Running out of air  Not rated yet
During a game when you run out of air, and only a few players are left (one or two) you can sometimes get away with this. Simply wait for them to finish ...

How To Strike Fear In Your Enemy  Not rated yet
This tip is for those of you who go to recreational paintball, you can turn the favor on a game from demonstrating courage and encouraging others to move ...

All paintball tricks tips and hints you need to know  Not rated yet
I am an experienced veteran paintball who hopes of starting a team or joining special ops team.

All the paintball tricks you need to know are:

Stay ...

Tips For Scenario and Speedball Paintball Players  Not rated yet
Here's is the 4 Tips For Scenario and Speedball Paintball Players...

The most important tips any beginning paintball player can put to great effect!...

Moving On!  Not rated yet
Before I start I want to say that even though I am only 12, I have been playing for 3 years so I'm not an inexperienced noob.
Okay, I know ...

Woodsball Basics UK  Not rated yet
In a game of woodsball don't follow the paths stay at the side this allows you to set up a ambush. If you do follow the paths pause and listen, if people ...

The triangle paintball strategy  Not rated yet
The triangle paintball strategy and how it works: It depends how many people you are playing with but I like to do a play what I like to call the triangle....

Know Thy Enemy  Not rated yet
This is something I learned from years of playing on the underdog paintball team in my hometown. Its important that every player know, that no loss is ...

WD-40 Paintball  Not rated yet
Some friends and I go out and me and a buddy use WD-40 on some paintballs (not a lot just enough) into the bag of paintballs we are using then put them ...

Contourting Bunkers Paintball Tip  Not rated yet
Contouring bunkers paintball tip: a friend told me (on airball bunkers) that you can contort your bunker. But don't do it to much. like for example. on ...

Bunker Holes  Not rated yet
When your behind a bunker usually in the snake make sure theres not a hole between the bunkers. if you have a game with some1 smart enough to look there ...

Getting Hit By A Paintball  Not rated yet
You can't be afraid to get hit by a paintball. If you are I can already tell your story and that you stayed behind a bunker the hole game. Overcome that ...

Defending and other tips  Not rated yet
Okay I know that any pros should already know this but if you knew then read on. When I was playing my first game, I found this out the hard way. I was ...

good way to give you cover  Not rated yet
Shoot where your opponent might be before you run to a new spot so they duck or hide. It will give you some time to run.

Take one for the team  Not rated yet
I'm obsessed with paintball. Completely and 100% and it's my favorite thing to do. It all started on my thirteenth birthday, I wanted to do something different ...

How To Keep You C02 Tank Warm  Not rated yet
Here's How To Keep You C02 Tank Warm: I have taken one of those chemical hand warmers that I got at Wal-mart and put in a sock that fits over my tank. It ...

The big scenario paintball game  Not rated yet
The last game I played was a scenario paintball game at the local field (2km squared) as soon as the game started i went out on my own and ran like a mad ...

A bad paintball situation  Not rated yet
Lesson learned. A bad paintball situation. I went with my friend to play paintball for his b-day. (Back when I just started out...). At the blow of the ...

distance isn't everything  Not rated yet
Its a very good idea to learn how to get closer to you opponent to take him out. So to me accuracy is a crucial factor.

Stay Low and Be fast  Not rated yet
When you're moving from bunker to bunker stay as low as possible while still running at a decent speed. The more compact you are, the harder you are to ...

Stay Low To The Flow  Not rated yet
I think in a paintball game you should always stay low to the flow because if you don't you're going to get seen and shot. Always you need is patience ...

How to win at paintball  Not rated yet
Tips on how to win at paintball...

Choose a team captain. Someone who is not too bossy knows what he is doing and has good strategy.

Stay low and ...

Dont get scared  Not rated yet
Ok, I'm gonna be honnest, its gonna hurt when you get hit. But dont be scared and stay in one spot crouched behing a bunker. The best thing I would do ...

Intimadation  Not rated yet
When I first started playing paintball I was stuck with rentals guns and rental jumpsuits and I was always a little intimidated by bigger kids who had ...

Not a story question. Has anyone been to the PSP and played?  Not rated yet
I am wondering cause my team & i have been to other tourneys but we want to go 2 the PSP or NPPL......What's up w/ the play fee and then the team fee... if ...

Before you bunker your opponent try this...  Not rated yet
Just when your about to bunker somebody, lay down some fire to make them duck their head and then reload your hopper (assuming you have another pod)even ...

Woodsball Talk  Not rated yet
Woodsball Talk:

Make sure when you are playing with a group of guys in woodsball, you communicate movements across the field whether they be the opposing ...

Woodsball Sniper   Not rated yet
If you play woodsball, PAY ATTENTION. If your one of the last ones out on your team during a game, save munition. And, if you have a remote line, turn ...

Ambush  Not rated yet
When playing speed ball, when you run for cover have one person in the front row of cover and everyone behind him. The one in the front needs to have good ...

Left and Right handed Shooting  Not rated yet
All paintball players should practice and perfect the art of shooting BOTH left and right handed. It will come in VERY handy when having to shoot out ...

Snake tip  Not rated yet
All right I have been playing for roughly 3 years now and have found that the snake is an important bunker that if used right can get you allot of eliminations....

Snapping!.... With a broomstick...  Not rated yet
Ok, so it is the off-season and paintball is completely out of the question. It is winter in Michigan. To keep up my mad speedballin' skills and reflexes,...

I was just that good.  Not rated yet
One day I was playing Paintball with some friends out in my pasture. It was 3 on 3 until my friends got mad cause I got all the kills in 3 seconds....

False Suppression  Not rated yet
Well I’ve used this in my court many times and it’s worked almost every time.

What I do is get to a certain point in the game where I can inflict most ...

Learning The Sport Of Paintball  Not rated yet
If you are a new player to the sport... learn its history, strategies, tactics, positions, equipment, etc. Remember knowledge is power. I studied the sport ...

Team Communication In Paintball  Not rated yet
All rightly folks I'm sure we have all been playing before when all of a sudden you get bunkered. You look to your teammates and their all ready out!!!!! We'...

Tips from Devon (rookie paintball player...practices with AM players)  Not rated yet
If you don’t already know walking the field is very useful. When you walk the field look for angles on bunkers and out of bunkers. Know where you can shoot ...

Video Paintball Practice With Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball  Not rated yet
This is probably very corny (or very obvious), but NE way here goes... Does anybody have Greg Hasting's tournament paintball ? It's a somewhat good way ...

Packing For An All Day Paintball Excursion  Not rated yet
As an emphatic Paintball newbie I have been trying to pick up any tips to make my experience better. One of which is how and what to pack for an all day ...

Watch Your Knees!  Not rated yet
When your crouching during a paintball match, always make sure to check and see if your knee is sticking out of the bunker. If one of your opponents has ...

Just Stay Low In Paintball  Not rated yet
My Best paintball tip is this: Stay Low, and Crawl on your elbows if you have to. "Just Stay Low."

Rushing The Flank  Not rated yet
If theres a large amount of paintball gun renters playing on your field, or if the owners are noobs, I find the easiest way to win is just to rush up the ...

Eyes In The Back Of Your Head  Not rated yet
This is easy to explain. Keep situational awarenes. If you can constantly check and see where teammates and enemies are on the paintball field at all ...

Snap Shooting Tips  Not rated yet
Snap shooting is when your position behind a bunker and you quickly pop your gun and your head out to shoot.

When doing this...ALWAYS tuck your elbow ...

Paintball Positioning and Movement  Not rated yet
Move, move, MOVE. Standing in one place on the paintball field for too long is a deadly trap, ready to backfire into your elimination. Never stay back ...

Flanking  Not rated yet
Get one of your teammates to draw fire so that you can get a good flank shot.

Shooting Lanes  Not rated yet
Always stick with your appointed lane! No matter how many people you see moving right past it stick with it until your instructed to divert your attention ...