Requisites of a Paintball Leader

By Ferry Suwantoro

Guts and character are needed to be a leader in any sport. Even in paintball, where there is minimal physical contact and it can be played by everybody from all walks of life, there are certain qualities needed to be a leader of a paintball team.

What are the attributes that a paintball commander should have?

1. Experience and quick-wit:

Gaining an experience is no easy. It needs time and patience to be great leader.

2. Physical fitness:

Paintball commander must have high mobility.

3. Respected aura

Respect is needed to convince all of the members of a team to follow whatever orders that are needed, dispensed, and carried out

4. Ability and willingness to communicate

A commander talks with authority and conviction so that he can make people listen and take action. A paintball commander must be able to analyze the performance of his team. He should survive almost every battle. He should be able to dissect and identify the flaws of his team and the battle plan whenever things go wrong and have the “smarts” to come up with a better plan the next time around.

Like all other participation sports, a paintball leader must be able to inspire other people to perform the best they can.  Once this is done, the whole team, not only the paintball commander, will gain the victory.

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Teamwork to Win Paintball Game

By Ferry Suwantoro

Like in real war, you are never alone to play war game in paintball.  As a tactical game, you have to know your team’s strengths and weaknesses. As a rule, it is best to use your team’s strength to win rather than trying to cover up your weaknesses. The most important now is how to prevent the other team from exploiting your weakness and making it a turning point in your battle.

Your team are required to have a battle plan in painball game. You need to designate the person to be shooter (sniper). Also you need to designate the person to charge and start all the action for the team. These two positions and strategies are very important to determine so that your team can win in paintball game.

The creative side in people will be brought out by paintball game. You have to be certain that your battle plan allows for a contingency plan for when the the plan doesn’t work well. You never known and somehow never expected how your opponent will react when you stage a certain part of your plan. The sign of a great “general” is knowing the different plans that your opponent will make to counteract every thing you do. A general should not be rattled when every plan he has made has failed. He should be able to devise new plan in the middle of the fight.

The teamwork should be flexible. Your team should understand each others job and make sure that when one of your teammates falls, there are others who can carry on the job he was doing.

Good communication between teammates are also required in paintball. Paintball is also not just about winning as a team, it is also about experiencing losing as a team and experiencing all of the hardships of playing and surviving as a team. It is in learning as a group and bonding as brothers.

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