im not sure i know anyone who went straight to speedball ... i started in the woods for about a year, then went tournament, been about a year, played in the woods at xmas, and playing in the woods next week.
quite true 99% of players came from the woodland seen and not straight into sup air but alot of us tournie players conveniantly for get this ,does it really matter what form we play, where all paintballers. I did one of the genesis events recently what agreat stepping stone for newbies to paintball but it still offers that competative egde for the older ones of us but with allot less enforcise on win at all cost and more on the fun side