What is the mental aspect of paintball

[ShooterJM]

I agree, for instance if you're gonna move to a bunker, there had better be a reason for it. It should have a better angle, draw fire, be a set up for a run through, something. You can't just move willy nilly.

[Carbon]

Thats another good aspect of the game: Being able to discern whne and where to be pro-active and/or re-active to the given situtation.

[steveo356]

a fun way to show ur team where the otehr team is stand up like a newb n rush strait across ur side of the feield tape to mtape sure they may hit u but they always pop out

[Tyger]

I play zen paintball.

There is no past.
There is no future.
There is only the now.

At Skyball we modified it a little, after we got our photos from Skirmish.

There is no past.
There is no future.
THERE is my bunker.

-Tyger

[Mag Master 04]

Tyger...

Zen is the ultimate way of life, nothing in the past present or future matters, just accept things as they come and just chill with it. rock on with Zen

[Sir_Brass]

The mental aspect is what helps make paintball so intense. It's what makes it more intense than those huge frag fests in Quake.

The mental game is a match of outthinking and out-maneuvering. You have to have a general plan of action when the game starts, and your objective is to keep to that general plan as much as possible, but be ready to judge when that plan needs to be abandoned and a different plan come up with on the fly.

It's faking our opponent out by randomly shooting at him out of different sides of the bunkers. It's making a move while your opponent has his attention momentarilly distracted. It's sneaking around on one of the flanks to break the opposition's defense while they engage the main force.

It's pure judgement of when to do what and in what manner.

The mental game is tactics, judgement calls, and playing peek-a-boo with the opposition. It's using your head and making calls based on what the situation is.

Without the mental game, paintball would be boring. It isn't all just reflexes and instintive snap shooting and running and whatnot. It's the ability to use those physical skills at the right times in the right manner based on the situation that you're in that helps define the basic mental game of paintball.

[Carbon]

Yeah i dig the Zen paintball too. The moment of pure zen for me is the moment the whistle blows to start the game, just that microsecond everything is evertyhing. A snapshot is a nice zen moment too.

It's pure judgement of when to do what and in what manner.

The mental game is tactics, judgement calls, and playing peek-a-boo with the opposition. It's using your head and making calls based on what the situation is.

True.

[~WarpedRT#2~]

Originally posted by Thourne

From there there would be the sniper point of view (pov) in woodsball (I know you really can't snipe, but people believe this).

[Shykicker]

I preffer the fung shui aspect to paintball. Incomming paintballs cause bad chi, and therefor we must send a return volley to yin the yang.

Seriously though? It's such an intensely dynamic sport, and I think that's the main appeal. There are all kinds of mental and physical angles to approach it from. Strategy, timing, patience, adrenaline. I think it's all about self-moderation. Acting on an impulse is fine, so long as you know what impulses to act on.

[Carbon]

Yeah i dig that almost paradoxical approach to it. Go on impulse but, know what impulses to go on.

[Miscue]

Field control and spatial advantage. Get your players into position such that you have more control - and you must use solid tactics to utilize strategic advantages that a superior position gives you. Maximize your mobility and firing angles, and limit theirs. It forces them to play your game.

It is 100 times easier to shoot people in the sides of their heads than to win a fire-fight.

You can win some games with trigger fingers, but you can dominate with your feet.