The first thing I like to consider in purchasing a great paintball mask is whether it fits me well, and if it protects me well. A mask may be an amazing anti fog paintball mask or custom paintball mask, but if it doesn’t fit me well, then I’m not buying because it won’t matter.

Paintball Mask with Good Ventilation

The next thing I look for is the paintball mask accessories that are available or that come with that particular paintball mask. Some great paintball mask accessories are out there-paintball masks with fans, paintball mask cameras, and other great accessories can be purchased. For example, there are some great paintball mask skins that you can purchase. While I would suggest you purchase a mask skin for camouflage purposes, you can also purchase a skin simply to look cool.

Finally, and most importantly, I want to buy a paintball mask with a good lens and good ventilation. A good paintball mask lens will have an anti fog paintball lens, be easy to breath in, have great mask reviews, and will be a great paintball face mask all around. Otherwise, it will probably fog up, making it so I can’t see while I’m shooting…and I will end up shooting my teammate, which doesn’t usually go over very well after the game. This is especially important if you sweat a lot. I don’t, I’m lucky, but have played with many people who do. If you sweat a lot make sure you invest a little more in a good paintball mask—it will make a huge difference in your game.

Paintball tactics can be taught, but you must be willing to learn them. So before I give you some very key paintball tactics, please remember that fact. Also, be willing to spend some time researching good paintball tactics. Whether it be team paintball tactics, 3 man paintball tactics, or scenario paintball tactics you will be able to find some great information on the web about them all, and this will help you become an amazing paintball tactician.

Paintball Tactics

Of course, you will need to do more than just research, you will need to find ways to implement the paintball tactics into your games and review those tactics both mentally and with your teammates.

So, with that being said, here is a great list of great paintball tactics everyone should know and work on in becoming a paintball tactician:

First, be ready to move at all times. Too often I find someone plastered up against some paintball barricade, not being able to move without getting plastered by paint. This paintball tip is especially important if you are working on improving your team paintballing tactics. A team that does not move dies.

Second, be a small target. A good paintball tactic is to not get hit (duh), but so many people forget to be a small target and run standing straight up, or with their hopper or marker sticking out of their cover.

Third, do not hide behind the same shelter as another person on your team. What would the point be? A much more effective team paintball tactic would be to position each of you behind different targets so one can shoot and or cover for the other person.

Fourth, if your buddy gets shot, don’t be stupid and follow him into the same area. Yes, again this is a pretty obvious paintball tactic, but it is one that routinely happens in games. If you follow your shot teammate, you will continue to follow them out of the game.

Fifth (and this pertains more to team paintballing tactics than other games), do not be predicable in your paintball strategy. In other words, do not send one group up the middle, one up the left, and one up the right. And do not divide up in even numbers when doing so. Try to actually outthink and out strategize your paintball opponent. At the same time, be prepared for idiots who do not listen to this simple team paintballing tactic, and be ready to pick them off like sitting ducks when they do.

Finally, communicate. If you are going to sit down and strategize and have one of your team members use a paintball sniper tactic, then don’t forget about communicating with them either. Work as a team, and your team will win.

Ultimately, if you have good paintball tactics, patience, and practice, then you will do great and have blast doing it. Also, I would strongly recommend looking for a good paintball tactics book to purchase or browse. Use the internet, as you will find amazing tactical paintball resources there.

First, I want to say that playing pump paintball can be one of the funnest ways to play paintball, especially for beginners. Why would pump paintball be so much fun? Well, consider the following experience: I recently took out a group of beginning paintballers, each of them using a tippmann 98 (not the Custom). Good gun, nothing fancy. But they still could shoot to their heart’s content since the gun is semi-auto and not a pump paintball gun.

Pump Paintball

So, what happened? I had to ultimately limit them to 20 rounds of paint each game because they all just hid behind things and shot a million rounds of paint at another person who also was standing behind something. Was that fun? Not really.

However, as soon as I limited the amount of paint they could use and made it a little harder to shoot (similar to what you would have with a pump paintball gun), then they had to come out into the open and start really playing paintball.

And that is why I think a pump paintball gun is great for beginners, or for people who really want to hone their paintball skills (or should I say pump paintball skills). Pump paintball is much more difficult to play, which forces you to improve your paintballing skills in a way you will never do with a fully automatic marker. A pump paintball marker may not be as sexy or cool, but it can be just as effective, so combine a not so sexy pump paintball marker with the very cool skills you will learning playing pump paintball, and you will be very happy with the result—and I will bet that your games will be some of the funnest you will play, period.

Another advantage of using a pump paintball gun (or pump paintball marker), even if you are a pro paintball addict, is that you use less paint. Let’s be honest, paint is not cheap, and you can’t reload it like you can regular bullets. And remember, its not always the one who shoots the most who wins. My last game of paintball was a perfect example of this. I was sitting there with tons of paint in my hopper blasting away at on of my friends who didn’t have much ammo left.

Pump Paintball Gun

Since it was the last game and I had tons left, I figured why not use it? Well, because it made me careless, and my buddy got me right in the knuckle with one shot. In other words, because he was patient and careful (as you are forced to be while using a pump paintball gun) he was able to take me out.

So, do I think you should only use a pump paintball gun? Certainly not. However, it can be a great idea to have one both as a beginner and as a pro. It’s fun, and it’s cheap—and I’m not just talking about the paint. The actually pump paintball marker will be considerably cheaper than a semi or fully auto paintball marker.

First, I’d like to dispel a myth when it comes to paintball sniper guns, and what type of sniper gun modifications are necessary to be made in order to be a successful paintball sniper. I think the most common question is: what type of sniper barrel should I purchase to increase my accuracy and distance so I can be an effective paintball sniper? Answer – well, a barrel does matter a great deal, but don’t concentrate on the length of the barrel.

Paintball Sniper

So, what else do you need if you want to be a great paintball sniper? Well, I would say you need something that is actually free – patience, and then skill. (Please note, I am not saying that you don’t need cool gear like sniper camo, a good accurate sniper gun, an accurate sniper barrel, etc) What I am saying is that you can have the best paintball sniper gear in the world, and still be the world’s worst sniper. Paintball sniping takes skill and patience that can take a while to learn – especially since you can’t sit out 200 yards and snipe people out of the game. You do have to get somewhat close, and that is were the fun is!