Too tallto play front?

[Automaggin2]

I love playing front, I've been playing front right tape since i started playing serious paintball, but I've grown about 7 or 8 inches since i started playing front, and it seems everytime i play now i seem to get shot off the break. I used to never get shot off the break, i guess im too tall now? . What do you think? Im 6 foot 1 and semi-fast

[FalconGuy016]

You may just have to adjust your running and how you play the bunker to your newer size

[pito189]

It's all about staying low, and using the cover you have. I am 6'3", and play front pretty effectivly. Off the break stay as LOW as humanly possible. I mean skimming the ground.

In this picture I am not as low as I can be, but I am using a bunker in front of me as cover. I like to dive too. Keep your head up when you are running, at the first sign of paint coming your way. I will lay out, and then just crawl up to my bunker. The team will cover while you are crawling, and it is better to take a little long to get to your bunker, then to get shot out.

Most of the time, depending on angles, you can dive 10-12 feet behind your primary bunker, and be out of the lanes the other team is shooting.

[Automaggin2]

Originally posted by pito189
It's all about staying low, and using the cover you have. I am 6'3", and play front pretty effectivly. Off the break stay as LOW as humanly possible. I mean skimming the ground.

In this picture I am not as low as I can be, but I am using a bunker in front of me as cover. I like to dive too. Keep your head up when you are running, at the first sign of paint coming your way. I will lay out, and then just crawl up to my bunker. The team will cover while you are crawling, and it is better to take a little long to get to your bunker, then to get shot out.

Most of the time, depending on angles, you can dive 10-12 feet behind your primary bunker, and be out of the lanes the other team is shooting.

ahhh thanks. I try to get as low as possible, but the lower i go, the slower i run.

[cheetah256]

yeah, the main thing is to keep low, and run like hell : ) i'm six feet even, and i have no problem at all taking the 40 off the break. you just have to find a good line to run.

[personman]

Stay as low as you can. Dont worry about firing off the break just worry about getting to that bunker. Thats all I do. Try to stay out of their line of sight and run as fast as you can.

[punkcmonkiez]

i had the same problem as maggin... i started playin and i was 5'5 or so now im 6' and its a little harder to stay low... just work on it

[Torbo]

anything you can do to get faster is worth it, i.e. lift weights, and run sprints.

[beefstew]

Run winter track, play soccer and ultimate ALOT. Thats how i stay fast. Im 6' 3" and a manage to play some good front. Height also helps while your wrapping a bunker, and with hight usually comes longer arms, and this way you can swing the gun around and carry a bigger tank. Just my opinion w00t Varsity (im a freshman)