It's Warming Up

Well the awful cold season is pretty much over, and hoping i haven't spoken too soon i will be heading out to play my favorite sport again. That's right it's about time to break out my mask and gun and head to the paintball field. Hopefully you figured out it was paintball considering this blogs title. With the new season comes new possibilities; maybe my brother will do better then me. Maybe we will have a new player; although i am planing on that last one. Now that the cold is past I make my plans on improving the backyard field me and my brother play on, but i thought i would give you new players a few tips on playing this season. Whether you have been playing a few months already or just discovered that the spot exists five minutes ago a few tips are always helpful.

First of all you need to try it out; almost every field has rental guns. So go try it out make the trip to the closest paintball field and rent a gun and play with your friends. If you're not sure you will be into paintball this is a good idea. Paintball can get expensive even after the buy in so testing it out before you buy a gun is a good way to maybe save some money; assuming your a wimp and can't take it.

Once you catch the bug and know you want to start the first thing you need is a gun and mask. Now any mask will do fine but you will need to pick up a bottle of anti-fog spray; this stuff will keep your mask from fogging up on you, which will happen. Your gun is a more important matter. Now as a loyal customer of this company I must suggest a Tippmann 98 custom it's one of the best guns to buy for the money. Like an old American car it will work for forever and it's performance is more then up to par. The gun it's self is about $125.00 but you can buy a set for about $178.00 that includes tank gun and mask. If you're not interested in Tippmann a lot of people like Spyder, Piranha, or Smart Parts. These brands do have some fairly good markers for a decent price. The things you need to watch out for are plastic guns or guns under a hundred dollars. Chances are if a gun is plastic or is less then a hundred dollars it probably isn't build solid and won't last more then a few games.

There are lots of other items you might want to consider mostly padding gear but still fairly important. Now this isn't everyone's opinion but I believe proper padding is very important. You might consider buying a neck protector though you probably won't get hit in the neck very often it really hurts when you do. You might also want to get gloves, you can use any gloves you can still work your marker while wearing but paintball gloves are best. As for cloths just wear as many layers as you can without looking silly a few long sleve shirts or a think jacket will do nicely. Steal toed boots are good if you have them but tennis shoes work fine to. You can buy a belt to hold tubes of extra paint but depending on how many people you play with you may not need it; this is totally up to you but you may need it at some point.

No matter what gear you decide to go with just have fun with it. Getting hit doesn't hurt that bad and if it does just put another shirt on. You may be nervous your first game but just listen to what the other players tell you and be safe about playing. Never take your mask off in the game and always keep your marker on safe when your not playing. Just have fun and do the best you can. Skill comes in time and there is plenty of that. Enjoy the new season and I hope to see you on the field.