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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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....

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 ...

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,...

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 ...

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(...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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....

If you run out of air during a paintball game  Not rated yet
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 ...

Ghost flanker   Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snapshooting Avice  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

Advice For Over-The-Hill Paintballers  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

Filling Your Hopper During A Paintball Game  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...