Why paintball should be played

1. Why Play Tournament Paintball?

2. Great exercise for the body and
mind

3. It’s a great way to relieve stress

4. Get to hang out with your friends

5. Allows you to escape to somewhere
else

6. You get to shoot at each other

7. While working on teamwork

8. Sounds fun right?
Why else should you play?

9. New friendships are formed

10. New rivalries are created
VS

11. We play for the competition

12. Not for the money

13. That’s why paintball is different

14. The glory is what we play for

15. The respect from other teams

16. The feeling of being part of a team

17. Your team becoming your family on
the field

18. And off…

19. The feel of winning with your family

20. Why play Tournament paintball?

21. for that nervous feeling on the start
box

22. The eternity it feels like before the
horn blows

23. When the horn blows only the game
matters

24. Take all that’s
bothering you and
just leave it on the
field

25. You become part of a new community

26. Why should you play paintball?
How is it different?

27. Statistically safer than other sports

28. Enables strategic thinking

29. travel around to different tournaments

30. Play others from around the world

31. Unique playing field

32. The equipment is different from other
sports

33. Why do I play Paintball?

34. Because this is where I love being

35. Because I love hanging out with my
team

36. Because win or lose we have each
other’s backs

37. Convinced yet?
No?

38. Here are some paintball facts

39. Even though many people don’t know
about paintball, its actually played
worldwide

40. It’s becoming increasingly popular with
colleges

41. The NCPA nationals were televised

42. There are many leagues around the
world

43. Tournament Paintball is a growing
sport
We hope one day is as big as one
of the main stream sports

44. Perhaps one day in a major sporting
venue

45. How can you get into paintball?

46. Locate a field near you!

47. Convinced yet?

48. Grab your friends and get out and play

49. Paintball is a way of life to most of us
Here is a quote from a paintball legend
Matty Marshall
“This isn’t a game; it’s a fight. Knuckles bare, fists clenched white, all
weapons approved, and the bastards of the world are waiting in the
shadows with broken bottles and big grins. And this fight is fought
everyday. On long highways, dirty couches and floors, rock hard dirt
fields and shaking planes. In foreign lands, lost, hated, broke. It’s the
battle to prove to the world that your small part, your pinprick slice of
existence, matters. That even if the sun explodes tomorrow and
scatters us screaming into the void, we go smiling because we had
faith in ourselves, faith to gather a tribe and try to make our own
reality. Nobody gives you anything until you make them understand.
That’s why we formed this team, to make people understand.”

50. Theres nothing like stepping onto this
field and getting ready to play hard

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