| Paintball is a game played up of many players | | | | the propulsion system is compressed gas such |
| or teams. It can be played indoors or out, | | | | as carbon dioxide, nitrogen or ordinary air |
| with as few as two people or as many as 500. | | | | and is stored in small or large tanks that |
| Paintball is played at designated fields, | | | | can be attached to the gun. The paintball gun |
| back yards or even in the woods. A game can | | | | is also attached to a hopper, which holds the |
| last as little as 5 minutes or hours with all | | | | paintballs. |
| depending on one to take something, find | | | | |
| something, or to just be the last person not | | | | Maintaining safety in paintball is important |
| marked.Depending on the location of where you | | | | to make the game safe. The power of |
| play, the strategy of your game will vary | | | | paintball guns is strictly regulated. Guns in |
| from being quiet and sneaky and choosing your | | | | play are adjusted so that the maximum speed |
| shots carefully, to being loud, fast, and | | | | of the paintball is 300 feet per second. A |
| shooting constantly. Paintball is a | | | | paintball traveling at this speed is not |
| competitive sport played like any other | | | | likely to cause serious injury if it hits |
| competitive sport, to win. It is challenging | | | | you, though it will sting and can leave a |
| game of tag, hide-and-seek or even | | | | bruise. Also, since wind resistance starts |
| capture-the-flag. Being you shoot at other | | | | slowing the paintball down as soon as it |
| people and they shoot at you, paintball | | | | leaves the gun, it has a reduced impact when |
| requires safety equipment to be worn such as | | | | fired from a greater distance. Speeding |
| goggles, special clothing and etc.An | | | | paintballs can cause serious injury to the |
| essential part of paintball is the paintball | | | | eyes and paintball players always wear |
| itself. As in tennis, the ball is the main | | | | protection.In addition to playing paintball |
| element of a paintball game. But unlike a | | | | for recreational use, paintball is also part |
| tennis game, paintball has dozens, often | | | | of military and police training. In terms of |
| hundreds, of "balls" in play at any one time. | | | | feel and handling, a paintball gun has little |
| As the name implies, these balls are actually | | | | in common with an actual firearm, but |
| tiny containers of paint.Paintballs have a | | | | paintball is still good training for combat |
| really simple construction. They're actually | | | | situations. Mainly, it lets soldiers and |
| a lot like bath-oil beads. They are made of | | | | police practice strategy and the fine art of |
| colored liquid enclosed in a gelatin shell | | | | not getting shot.There are many paintball |
| and are available in a variety of colors. | | | | leagues around with American Paintball League |
| Paintball are also non-toxic, biodegradable | | | | being one of the largest in the paintball |
| and are water soluble.Basically, a paintball | | | | industry. Another paintball league is the |
| is like a small water balloon, weighing only | | | | National Professional Paintball League. There |
| a few grams. The shell holds up if you handle | | | | are the two main paintball leagues. Though |
| it or drop it from a short distance. When you | | | | they both pertain to paintball, each has |
| shoot a paintball from a gun, however, it | | | | their own set of rules for playing the |
| bursts on impact and leaves large splatter of | | | | sport.Jeffrey Jones writes about paintball |
| paint.The job of the paintball gun, or as | | | | and paintball guns. See for more |
| many call a marker, is to shoot the paintball | | | | information. |
| at a high rate of speed. In a standard gun, | | | | |