Paintball Jerseys?

[Dean B]

Probably a daft question but are paintball Jerseys necessary? I see a lot of people wearing paintball pants and jerseys, personally I hate wearing any thing with sleeves. Do people play with just a t shirt and maybe fore arm protection? Can you get paintball jerseys with no sleeves?

 

[PaulBox]

You can play in just a T-Shirt if you want, but those little balls can sting like a bitch...

 

[Bondage Bunny]

Yeah i'd at least recommend getting a light mesh style jersey (Valken do some decent ones) as hits on bare skin sting like a bitch and can even break the skin.

 

[Tom]

You can play in just a T-Shirt if you want, but those little balls can sting like a bitch...

Nothing wrong with playing in a t shirt

However a cautionary note, I had one of these a few weeks back:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olecranon_bursitis
WARNING - Link leads to explicit elbow swelling!
My elbow suddenly developed exactly what's show in the picture, and was badly infected

If your going to crawl, dive or bump into things then wear some form of elbow and/knee protection

In general wear what is comfortable for you.
Paintball jerseys are (has described) designed for paintball
They may be thinly or heavily padded, have breathability and wicking etc

I don't do speedball, but did have a light paintball jersey for a few years and occasionally word it
I play scenario and vary what I wear depending on mood & conditions
I wear combat trousers, and jeans a couple of times, t-shirts, ubacs (army wicking top with a lighter body area as it's worn with an assault vest / body armour), jackets or hoodies

For elbow protection I wear either nothing, 'sleeves' or specific paintball arm/elbow pads
For knee protection I don't normally wear anything, on occasion have worn army style knee pads - I'm not keen on these and they are only good for knealing, not for crawling or diving. A pair of my trousers has classic sniper knee pads - a large rubber panel sewn into the knee. These are good for knealing on and ideal for crawling

 

[PBWill]

for tournements i think you have to wear jersey's, not 100% though

 

[outkastmike]

Long sleeve jersey's are a requirement in tournaments but it doesn't necessarily need to be a paintball specific jersey just as long as it doesn't expose bare skin on your chest,back or arms.
But in woodland based events i have seen plenty of people play walk-ons and scenario events with just short sleeved T-shirts and many times also wearing knee length shorts,it really depends on the rules of the site or event you are playing as some can be quite rigid with regard to what you are allowed to wear.

There's no harm in getting a long sleeve playing shirt,you can pic up an old secondhand one for pennies so at least you would have one in the bottom of your kitbag if needed.

 

[DJLane]

Get yourself a bounce vest!!

 

[Nubble]

+1 on bouncevest, especially in the winter when its not too hot with all your kit.

jerseys are designed to be baggy which helps with bounces too, whereas a skin tight (or close to tight) tshirt will usually end in a break every hit