hi I have not played tournament paint ball for 10 plus years . when I played all the fields were diffent the jt the angel plus many more you had to walk the field think about how to play it now it seems all fields the same set up your own and practice as it will be the same when you get out there ,to me its a very boreing way to play
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David hasn't played tournament paintball for 10 or more years. (SupAir has been around for a little under 20 years)
Back in the day field layouts were different and you didn't get to practice the layout, you had to walk the field.
Now David feels that all field layouts are the same and you can practice a layout in advance, which he feels is boring
Teams do still need to walk the field, leagues such as the Milenium publish the layout for an event a period of time in advance, and the 'feeder events' and 'training sites' will setup that layout.
Teams can then practice on that layout - but if they just blindly play to practice the layout they are still limiting themselves. (You can try different positions and moves but are then reliant on who is on the opposite side to give the right opposition. If a move works in a practice game it doesn't prove the move was right and will work at the event.
To realy practice the field in advance you need to walk the field, work out the positions and what the opposition could do and test out move after move.
Then on the day walk the field again, two fields laid out to the same layout will have tiny differences
Rely on just playing a layout to get some positions, and rely on off field coaching then you don't gain the skills.
David - take another look this year, there are changes afoot with the WPBO, and over the last year or so many propostions have been made - fields that don't get published early for the elite, that are then used for other levels which would force the elite to walk the field on the day and set a plan, but allow other levels to practice, no coaching will mean players have to think for themselves and communicate on field. (I find it odd that entry level tournaments dont allow coaching but higher levels have done - should realy be the other way around to let the beginners have the benefit??????), limited paint in M500 (a 5 man team will have only 2500 balls between them on field) so they have to manage their paint - power in for a hard and fast game, or dig in and have to conserve to have enough to finish the opposition.
If you're just not interested in tournament paintball anymore, then just don't worry and play what interests you - theres never been as much choice as in recent years.
