The Do's and Don'ts of Paintball

Do

• Communicate with other players on your team
• Keep your gun cleaned and oiled
• Squeegee if you break a ball
• Play tight and closer to your bunker
• Look around so not to get tunnel vision
• Use quality paintballs
• Switch from shooting different players instead of just one
• Practice shooting offhanded shots (right hands shoot with left hand)
• Talk to people on the other team after the game
• Ask for paint checks
• Walk the field
• Ask for help when you need it
• Listen to your teammates and give them cover when they need it
• Ask your teammates for the position of your opponents
• Plan the game out with your team, such as where you are going off the break
• Go out the opposite side of a bunker that is being shot at
• Move up! And keep Moving!
• Be unpredictable, keep them on their toes

Don’t

• Pick up paint off the ground
• Go over the top of a bunker unless absolutely necessary
• Fixate on one player
• Stay back and not shoot
• Talk smack off the field
• Bonus ball
• Wipe hits
• Be afraid of getting hit
• Insult the refs
• Blind fire
• Steal paintballs
• Be afraid to ask for help
• Come out into a stream of paintballs
• Accuse other players of cheating unless you saw it directly. (Tell a referee first)
• Let the other team be able to anticipate what you’re doing