tips, tricks, drills info wanted

[RT Lover]

Getting back into speedball and maybe down the road tournament talk, I played hard core years ago. So I'm seeking videos I can review and any good advice and drills to run to hone our skills

[Cyco-Dude]

youtube has a lot of videos...search around. the related videos usually also turn up useful stuff.

[alpha_q_up23]

this is my favorite

[Nobody]

Um yeah, that pretty much sums up all the vids you need to watch.

Overall, there isn't much that changed since the last you played. The basics are still the same: snap shooting, communication, staying tight/watching what you expose. Get on the field and play. The biggest advice is after you loose, understand why you lost and try to fix it. If you weren't playing tight, too big a move, predictive snap-shooting, etc. Fix what you are doing wrong and go from there.

[need4reebs]

[dboggs79]

Go home need, you're drunk.

[MAGgot]

I don't think you'll gain much from drills. Just play paintball... and lots of it.

[Temo Vryce]

Dynasty Dysected Vol. 1 & 2 are pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVUGFk3O-Sz9lCSlyOtYYbdj7DbOvS-g

[GoatBoy]

As they say, "Fights are won in the gym."

There is a lot of prep work that can be done without a gun, without a field, and without players. If you look over your time budget, you'll find that you're at a field a tiny fraction of your potential training time.

So getting together with your buddies for funsies and "playing" on the weekends is fine and dandy, but if you are really serious, you will be laying groundwork on the other 5-6 days you're not "playing".

You will rarely find "players" with that level of discipline though.

[bowcycle]

play chess

[athomas]

There are lots of training techniques that can help you out off the field. Getting shot at while playing is a completely different set of training. Both are much needed.

You can train your aim by just using a gun and aiming. A mag is great for this because it is a hollow tube when the valve is not installed. When you are sitting and watching television, practice aiming your gun at objects around the room or at the television. Look through the hollow tube to verify and adjust your aim. It is very simple but it trains your muscle memory and will make you a better snap shooter. Also practice walking around with your gun up, held steady against your shoulder, and aimed. It will train you to keep your gun steady when moving. It drives me nuts when I see my players moving on the field with their guns aimed at the ground.

Think about bunker moves and situational play. Decide what you will do in any given situation. Keep going over those scenarios in your mind. When game time rolls around, you will already have the thought process worked out and you won't have to make a long calculated decision on the field. Each move will become an instantaneous reaction.

Next you need the muscle reaction. That is physical training. Doing squats and sprints are great for leg training so that you don't run out of burst speed on the field when you need it.

You also need real field experience. Practice shooting at running targets. Do this with a friend from about 100 ft. It won't hurt at that distance. Use semi auto. You don't want to aim by following the stream of paint. You want to learn to lead your target. Have your target run from bunker to bunker across a field. Then reverse the process and have him shoot at you. It is just as advantageous to get shot at as it is to shoot. If you don't want to shoot each other or get shot, you can use targets such as old hub caps. Have someone toss them across the field so that the flat side is towards the shooter and shoot at them. They make nice sized targets and are heavy enough that they don't secumb to the frisbee effect.