Hey paintball fan, another tip about paintballing that you can take to the field and use right now. Have you ever noticed how some paintballers have all of the luck? Ever notice how they can hit their target from 75 feet away while you have trouble hitting things at 50 feet. Have you seen anyone who can hit his target while on the run? The point is that you have to know your limitations and the limitations of your equipment.

Lets say for example that you know that you and your favorite weapon (marker) are only accurate to about 50 feet away while in a game. You have a hard time hitting anything over 50 feet but you know that your marker will shoot fairly accurately out to about 75 feet or more. Then why is it that you have so much trouble when on the field of play beyond 50 feet? Doesn’t that bother you? It really bothers me. It’s because you don’t really know your limitations.

Before going out to a game work at getting better with your marker. A game is not the place to practice shooting beyond your limitations. Get out into the backyard or the firing range and practice shooting at different distances. Use a soda can, a handmade target or what ever you have available, but get out there and practice before you get into the heat of the competition. I guarantee that if you can hit you target while on the practice range your chances of hitting your target during competition increase dramatically.

If you want to be able to shoot while on the run guess what – that’s right practice. Get some of your gear on and get yourself out to the practice range and start running while shooting at your target. Make sure to use a larger target to start with and work your way down to something smaller as you become consistent. It doesn’t matter if you start with the side of the barn so long as you eventually set your target smaller and smaller as you go.

What about the old finger roll? If you haven’t practiced it on the range you shouldn’t practice it during a big game. Again get out to the practice range and work on the finger roll, or what ever it is that you need to practice. Keep practicing until you are confident that you can perform when you really need to. Do you think that the Marine sniper only practices when he goes into the woods with his orders in hand? That wouldn’t make any sense. The professional sniper practices and practices many hours before he ever goes out to find his target.

Not only does he practice a lot but he also knows his equipment. He’s trained to be able to take his weapon apart and put it back together in the dark and under a specific amount of time. That’s called being ready. And if you want to be better at paintball then that’s exactly what you have to do. Get out to the range and practice those things that you are weak at and work at getting better. I guarantee that the guy who can hit his target at long distances or while running didn’t just get there by hoping for it. He practiced it until he started getting good. Then and only then did he implement those things into his game.

Author Bio: Mike regularly writes for ProlificPaintball.com, they carry such paintball equipment as Paintball Guns and the Invert Mini, as well as many other items from a variety of manufacturers.

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