Teamwork on the Paintball Feild

Teamwork on the Paintball Feild

Teamwork is the core of paintball tactics and strategies. A team with effective team cohesion, communication, and coordination will be able to beat their opponents nine times out of out of ten regardless of other factors.. Here are some strategies and tips which can be used during each and every game you can play on the field.

Things to do

When playing paintball on a recreational field or playing with other walk-ons stop and meet them, introduce yourself and learn their names. I have seen and played games which the team members do not know each others names and this hampers teamwork and communication. Yelling ‘hey Bob watch right’ is significantly better that ‘hey guy in the greenish camouflage watch right.’ If you don’t know your teammates names can call them by their gun they use ‘hey A-5 watch right.’

Call out positions off the break (or start). Often over looked, telling your teammates where your opponents are located is critical to assisting your teammates in taking out your paintball enemies.

Move with cover. A basic but fun move, call to your teammate to cover you when your moving to an advanced position. On the recreational field the coverer can usually force the opponents to stick their head back behind their bunker, in not get an opponent out, with a hail of paintballs.

Flanking Right! To accomplish an effective flanking move, take out your opponents left or right side and move and advance heavily on that side. This gives your teammates a better side angle on your opponent and heavily compromises there bunker positions. This requires affecting communication and teamwork. Flanking is all about timing and knowing were your opponents are. Usually a back player with a good view of the field can call out ‘right move up’ or ‘flank right’ depending on where the opposing team moved off the break, the number of opposing paintballers who walked out of the field with their hands up, and where they came from.

Stay mobile! Not just as a person but as a team. It looks very novice like to sit in the back and drag out the game for ten or twenty unnecessary minutes. Move as a unit and move fast.