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The paintball club, india (www.thepaintballclub.in)
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2. • Paintball is a sport played in 2 teams with 5-8 players at a time
• The field is arranged in a combat-like setting
• Opponents are eliminated by shooting paint-filled pellets
OBJECTIVE • Capture the flag from the opposing team's camp
• Opposition team members armed with Paintball Markers (Guns) to
CONSTRAINT
eliminate competing teams by shooting paintballs
3. • Training • Product Launch
• Office Picnics • Fund Raiser
• Annual Events • Parties
• Employee-family gatherings • Any other special
• Conferences occasions
4. • Team Formation (Colour Coding of teams through arm bands)
• Team Strategy to win the Paintball League
• Paintball League:
• Quarter finals - All players play the first game
• Semi-finals - Winners of the first set of games go on to play a second set of
games and so on and so forth,
• Finals - One team that can be proclaimed winner.
7. The Paintball Club is a fully fledged Paintball company with a permanent playing field in
Lonavala, a picturesque hill station 90 kms from Mumbai. We also offer our services across
the country through our mobile setup. We have already worked with a number of large
corporate houses using paintball as a part of their training and incentives program.
We try to differentiate ourselves on two principles – one, we really go out of our way to
customize the events based on the specific requirements. This is true for both corporate and
retail customers. For example, for a recent birthday party, we imported special additional
equipment from the US to enhance their experience. Likewise, for corporates, we’re now
designing specific learning “modules”. Second, we work very hard on safety. And we have an
unblemished safety record till date – that for us is at the heart of everything we do. And it
really requires a lot of background work – right from using the world-class safety gear and
well maintained paint markers to trained marshals in each quadrant of the field.
9. Paintball – A Team Building Activity
ACHIEVING
ASPIRATIONS
FLAWLESS EXECUTION
ROBUST STRATEGY
BASED ON TRUST
ALIGNMENT ON OBJECTIVE
SAFETY & FUN
10. Paintball – A Team Building Activity
A ROBUST STRATEGY/APPROACH:
ACHIEVING
ASPIRATIONS Different team-members have
different ways of thinking - which is
why a team answer is always stronger
FLAWLESS EXECUTION
ROBUST STRATEGY
than an individual's.
BASED ON TRUST
Application: In paintball - to achieve
the team's objective, the members can
take different strategies. Swoop from
the side, provide cover fire from the
bunker and swoop from the centre -
the combinations are numerous. A
ALIGNMENT ON OBJECTIVE healthy debate and a common
SAFETY & FUN resolution is critical in the 5-minute
strategizing time before every mission.
11. Paintball – A Team Building Activity
FLAWLESS EXECUTION BASED ON
TRUST
ACHIEVING In the execution phase, each member
ASPIRATIONS must play a defined role – Infact, it is
interesting to observe the multiple
FLAWLESS EXECUTION
roles people end up taking: some end
ROBUST STRATEGY
BASED ON TRUST
up leading, contributing and some
others are completely aloof. But,
overlap due to lack of trust will most
likely produce a sub-optimal result.
Application: In paintball - it's
important that no team member does
ALIGNMENT ON OBJECTIVE something beyond the plan - your
team might end up with a single
SAFETY & FUN
fighter trying to fend off an army of
enemies. Trust - as they say - starts
with the minute the whistle is blown.
12. Paintball – A Team Building Activity
A COMMON GOAL
ACHIEVING
ASPIRATIONS Alignment on goal is a bedrock of
teamwork. No team can succeed
FLAWLESS EXECUTION
unless all its members are aligned on
ROBUST STRATEGY
BASED ON TRUST
the end-objective of an exercise. They
may have different approaches - and a
healthy, constructive debate on
strategy is usually preferred - but the
end-goal must be the same.
Application: In paintball - the end goal
ALIGNMENT ON OBJECTIVE may vary from elimination of the other
SAFETY & FUN team to capturing and planting a flag
in the enemy bunker.
13. Paintball – A Team Building Activity
SAFETY AND FUN!
Clearly - no one wants detailed
ACHIEVING lectures on how to work effectively in
ASPIRATIONS
teams. It's best done "hands-on". And
if you can have fun while doing it -
FLAWLESS EXECUTION
ROBUST STRATEGY
why not! The Club ensures your safety
BASED ON TRUST
through a series of measures ranging
from industry-standard equipments
imported from US to professional field-
marshals to supervise every game.
Application: Gunning your colleagues
has never been so much fun – and
ALIGNMENT ON OBJECTIVE
safe! A perfect blend of adrenaline-
SAFETY & FUN pumping combat in the silent, lush-
green hillocks of Lonavala is sure to
make your day.