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Michael Venezia is new on the Pro scene; he's grown from a novice X-ball player on well known newcomers Team Ultimate, to playing in the NXL with Miami Effect. He has sacraficed and worked hard in the past year and a half to achieve his goal of playing pro paintball. Read on as Michael shares his thoughts on becoming a professional athlete as this burst of youth is emerging into the Pro scene.
This is part II in the Learn from the Pros Series where we look at photographic examples of pro paintballers showing us what to do and what not to do. In the part I, we looked at shining examples of how to stay in the game while you reload. Now we’re going to look at the most effective positions. Not the traditional frontman / backman positions that have seemingly disappeared on the modern tournament field. And I’m not talking about those other positions that you sit up late at night staring at on your computer screen either. The positions I’m talking about have to do with the way you sit, stand, or crouch behind your bunker.
The art of staying in the game while reloading your hopper is the first skill in the Pbstar's line of game-improving articles that will dissect what it takes to play like a pro by example. This is definitely one skill that every player should master.
Sssh....I'm about to let you in on an a old secret that only "the best of the best" paintball players know about. It's a secret so powerful that pro players around the world have kept all of you in the dark until now.
Need some help with your woodsball skills? Well read this article and it should help some.
Having played on various teams over the years, I have developed many theories about how to play and win as a team. Almost as crucial as knowing how to win as a team, is knowing how not to win. That is, your team will never succeed if it does not know what it is doing wrong in the first place.
To prevent some of you newer players from embarrassing yourselves at the field, getting seriously injured, or just wasting your money, here is a little guide on the do's and don’ts of paintball.
Many people wonder what the difference between a good pro player and a good amateur paintball player is. Well, besides having a huge ego, to play paintball at the pro level you need an extensive knowledge of the game.
Individual skills make up the foundation for good team skills. Learn to work on these first with all the players. I am currently working on my one on one fighting because I found it to be a weakness (it was hard to notice because with my teammates I play ok, but if it gets to a one on one, I need(ed) work.
If you are a glory hound, this is the place for you. "Forget all you know, or think you know…" We are going to tell you how to play up front so hard that your competition won't have the slightest idea what hit them. At least, that is, if they haven't read this article, or simply learned the hard way.
Your team practices every weekend and beats up on almost every team they scrimmage. But some how you still lose when it really counts. Things just fall apart when you arrive at the field come tournament day.
To bunker someone, you in effect use the person's bunker against them.
If you've read the articles on this site, you should have a pretty good idea of how to snap shoot, play up front, in the back, etc.. But so far, we haven't given you a set of drills that you can do to become more accurate, and to become a more aggressive player.
Playing in the back is an extremely underrated position in paintball these days. All the glory is up front. But even more than that, when the game is won, it is usually the speedy front guys that get to gloat in the staging area about that guy they "did."Action Village
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