I can't believe I'm really reading this. Granted individual skills are important to the game, and agreed it is more important to develop the individual player before you develop to communication, but its clear communication is the key to consistantly (note that word) winning games. Any team of good players can take down a lesser skilled team quickly, thats why those guys are better ballers, but once that lesser teams learn to communicate who is moving, who needs to be pinned down etc, they are a much more potent force. Why do you all think teams use codewords? In any sport, communication is key, in american football, if the play can't be changed on the line, it will easily fall victim to an intelligent defense. In lacrosse, if the defensmen don't know where the ball is, theres no way they can cover their men. In paintball, if players don't know who their threats are, they have to chance to defend themselves from muggins, angleshots, etc.
The edge communication will give a team is adaptability, sure good can take down weaker teams in 60 seconds, but if that team recognizes patterns and weak spots, and is able to shift their game plan to exploit them, game over. To recite a cliche, the whole is more than the sum of its parts, a good player is a good player, but if that good player is able to ask a teamate for backup every now and then, that player becomes a much more capable paintballer.
The edge communication will give a team is adaptability, sure good can take down weaker teams in 60 seconds, but if that team recognizes patterns and weak spots, and is able to shift their game plan to exploit them, game over. To recite a cliche, the whole is more than the sum of its parts, a good player is a good player, but if that good player is able to ask a teamate for backup every now and then, that player becomes a much more capable paintballer.
