Nick,
Your teammates quote is SO true!
I'm a firm believer in you have to "crawl" before your "walk" and "walk" before you RUN!
Personally there are tons of paintball players jumping in the pro league without much experience. I think that some will succeed but most will miss lots of experience and situational type experiences by not going thru the ranks in the lower divisions. A few things you gain by going thru the ranks are: Confidence, Basic Skills (laneing, snap shooting ect….), Situational experience (finishing games ect…..). Its not that you cant get that as a pro but if you are “dropped” into the pro league without much experience your chances on finishing a game or defending and pulling off a 2 on 4 are a lot slimmer than if you played a lower division and got more experience and CONFIDENCE.
Back to the original subject:
My opinion is DO YOU WANT TO BE CLASSFIED as a PRO or DO YOU WANT TO BE A PRO? There is a big difference.
There are two types of pro’s.
PRO A: This is a real pro, they take it seriously. They are not weekend warriors, they do not practice twice a month and call it good. This is an example of what PRO A’s training schedule (I’m using myself and few of my players as an example). Monday-Friday, Conditioning and weight training (not body building, not running on a treadmill for 30 min). What I mean by Conditioning and weight training = Track work, agility drills, Ply metrics, Core strength exercises, Multi joint weight training ect. Where not even to the “paintball part yet”, we just talking about keeping your body in proper condition.
Paintball training (Min of 3 times per week). We all can scrimmage and play games. But working on the details is what will separate you from others. DRILLS, DRILLS and more drills. Everything from snap shooting to loading your hopper.
PRO B: These are the players that want to be pros but don’t have enough drive to really take it seriously. They might practice every weekend or every other weekend. Probably going to a field and shooting up the new players and practicing with players that are not as good as they are. I see tons of these kind of players. They might do some weight training and even some low impact cardio.
Now I’m off my soap box but this thread really got me going this morning
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So if you get a chance to play pro it’s a great opportunity but just because you are classified as pro doesn’t mean you are a pro. If you make it congrats! But take it seriously so one day our sport can make it to the next level!—This post is NOT directed towards anybody, I’m just making a general observation--
Also if your from area that not the paintball "mecca" like SO-CAL or East Coast, you can still raise the level of skill by practicing eachother and making eachother better.
Thanks,
Rocky
Your teammates quote is SO true!
I'm a firm believer in you have to "crawl" before your "walk" and "walk" before you RUN!
Personally there are tons of paintball players jumping in the pro league without much experience. I think that some will succeed but most will miss lots of experience and situational type experiences by not going thru the ranks in the lower divisions. A few things you gain by going thru the ranks are: Confidence, Basic Skills (laneing, snap shooting ect….), Situational experience (finishing games ect…..). Its not that you cant get that as a pro but if you are “dropped” into the pro league without much experience your chances on finishing a game or defending and pulling off a 2 on 4 are a lot slimmer than if you played a lower division and got more experience and CONFIDENCE.
Back to the original subject:
My opinion is DO YOU WANT TO BE CLASSFIED as a PRO or DO YOU WANT TO BE A PRO? There is a big difference.
There are two types of pro’s.
PRO A: This is a real pro, they take it seriously. They are not weekend warriors, they do not practice twice a month and call it good. This is an example of what PRO A’s training schedule (I’m using myself and few of my players as an example). Monday-Friday, Conditioning and weight training (not body building, not running on a treadmill for 30 min). What I mean by Conditioning and weight training = Track work, agility drills, Ply metrics, Core strength exercises, Multi joint weight training ect. Where not even to the “paintball part yet”, we just talking about keeping your body in proper condition.
Paintball training (Min of 3 times per week). We all can scrimmage and play games. But working on the details is what will separate you from others. DRILLS, DRILLS and more drills. Everything from snap shooting to loading your hopper.
PRO B: These are the players that want to be pros but don’t have enough drive to really take it seriously. They might practice every weekend or every other weekend. Probably going to a field and shooting up the new players and practicing with players that are not as good as they are. I see tons of these kind of players. They might do some weight training and even some low impact cardio.
Now I’m off my soap box but this thread really got me going this morning
.So if you get a chance to play pro it’s a great opportunity but just because you are classified as pro doesn’t mean you are a pro. If you make it congrats! But take it seriously so one day our sport can make it to the next level!—This post is NOT directed towards anybody, I’m just making a general observation--
Also if your from area that not the paintball "mecca" like SO-CAL or East Coast, you can still raise the level of skill by practicing eachother and making eachother better.
Thanks,
Rocky
