Winning
Paintball as a Team
Paintball is a war game and like in real
war, you are never alone. You have your friends fighting beside you
and with the same spirit - wanting to win as much as you do.
Paintball is a tactical game. You have to know your team’s strengths
and weaknesses. As a rule, it is best to use your team’s strength to
win rather than trying to cover up your weaknesses. This does not
mean that you will not care about your weaknesses: if you are
disadvantaged because of it, then you have other days to learn how
to change it. What really matters now is how to prevent the other
team from exploiting your weakness and making it a turning point in
your battle.
Paintball also requires your team to have a battle plan. Who will be
the designated shooter (sniper)? Who will charge and start all the
action for your team? These are just two of the different positions
and strategies that your team will have to determine so that your
team can win.
Paintball is designed to bring out the creative side in people. You
have to make sure that your battle plan allows for a contingency
plan for when mistakes happen. You are never really sure how your
opponent will react when you stage a certain part of your plan. The
sign of a great “general” is knowing the different plans that your
opponent will make to counteract every thing you do. A general
should not be rattled when every plan he has made has failed. He
should be able to devise new plan in the middle of the fight.
Paintball also requires your team to be flexible. Just because you
are not a designated hitter does not mean that you cannot do that to
your opponents. Your team should understand each others job and make
sure that when one of your teammates falls, there are others who can
carry on the job he was doing.
Paintball requires good communication between teammates. You should
have your own signs and you should learn to bond with your teammates
so that you will know what he wants by just a look of the eye or nod
of the head.
Paintball is also not just about winning as a team, it is also about
experiencing losing as a team and experiencing all of the hardships
of playing and surviving as a team. It is in learning as a group and
bonding as brothers.