Absolutely Props to Apoc for what they did.
The benefits were obviously manifest by their results on Saturday. The same happened to us. After we played and got smashed by Philly, we went away thought about and returned the compliment on Storm. You learn so much by playing the better teams, the tin cups are worthless.
The thread was started cos it's the same every year, and was a rather facetious attempt to get UK teams to think about the easy route they take each year. It probably got much more attention this year, as both Vegas and Campaign were on the same weekend.
The thing is the expectation of Brit Ball is in the stratosphere with no basis in fact. We live in constant denial, and at the end of the day we need to return back to basics. 80% of teams who train are simply kidding themselves. Mass scrimmaging ain't training, you can bet your b*llocks to a barn dance Pete and Nexus are sitting there scratching their heads after Vegas and regretting the day they opened up training to all and sundry.
The emphasis on Physical fitness should be self evident and manifest in the likes of both Russian Legion and to a lesser extent Joy Division. Include a lacksidaisical attitude to training, and an unwillingness to project power and influence over another team is why we suck as a nation at Paintball. Even if all drilled all day long, your have to be determined to win, project power and smash the opposition (not necessarily manifest in run throughs). Dominance and intimidation are key attributes in today's game, very little of this was in evidence from the UK teams at Campaign (JSM and Phoenix excepted).
Smash, kill, defeat, annihilate, murder, stomp on, blast in the face etc are all concepts players need to start getting comfortable with, cos sure as sh*t Johnny Foreigner sure is
The benefits were obviously manifest by their results on Saturday. The same happened to us. After we played and got smashed by Philly, we went away thought about and returned the compliment on Storm. You learn so much by playing the better teams, the tin cups are worthless.
The thread was started cos it's the same every year, and was a rather facetious attempt to get UK teams to think about the easy route they take each year. It probably got much more attention this year, as both Vegas and Campaign were on the same weekend.
The thing is the expectation of Brit Ball is in the stratosphere with no basis in fact. We live in constant denial, and at the end of the day we need to return back to basics. 80% of teams who train are simply kidding themselves. Mass scrimmaging ain't training, you can bet your b*llocks to a barn dance Pete and Nexus are sitting there scratching their heads after Vegas and regretting the day they opened up training to all and sundry.
The emphasis on Physical fitness should be self evident and manifest in the likes of both Russian Legion and to a lesser extent Joy Division. Include a lacksidaisical attitude to training, and an unwillingness to project power and influence over another team is why we suck as a nation at Paintball. Even if all drilled all day long, your have to be determined to win, project power and smash the opposition (not necessarily manifest in run throughs). Dominance and intimidation are key attributes in today's game, very little of this was in evidence from the UK teams at Campaign (JSM and Phoenix excepted).
Smash, kill, defeat, annihilate, murder, stomp on, blast in the face etc are all concepts players need to start getting comfortable with, cos sure as sh*t Johnny Foreigner sure is
The talent has to be present in the first place.
