Paintball Fundamental Shooting

Paintball is one of those sports that you can learn the rules but as far as shooting your marker is concern that is all hands on experience. Someone can show you how they shoot but their technique may not work for you. If you are new to the sport you have to practice and find your niche. You want to accomplish the following things when learning how to shoot

* Learn to hold the gun
* You want to learn to shoot straight
* You want to shoot with accuracy
* You want to know when to shoot
* Is the gun I have chosen right for me
* You want to learn to shoot and move at the same time

Knowing what you can do may help you control the gun, sometimes new players buy the bigger guns because they want to show off, but like regular guns sometimes the gun can have too much power and you won’t be able to control it. You want to learn to hold the gun properly that should be your first step, get comfortable with the gun.

Once you have become comfortable with your marker you can learn to shoot straight, it is when people who aren’t comfortable with their paintball gun who end up shooting paintballs all over the place. The next thing you want to do is shoot with accuracy, some people have aim while others don’t but that isn’t really your issue, the issue is how to shoot a moving target with accuracy.

You can practice this in a safe area with a target but instead of the target moving you move and try to hit the target. It works either way, or you can find someone who is willing to let you shoot paintballs at them. That may prove to be most helpful. That is also where you will learn to move and shoot at the same time, to practice that you can just use a still target and practice your accuracy while moving. Do not be discouraged if you don’t get the hang of it all at once, you will you have heard the old saying Practice makes Perfect.

Also knowing when to shoot will not only help you in shooting the gun it will also teach you control in the game and it will improve your entire game. If you just start shooting and hope you hit something then you are surely going to get knocked out of the game early because other players are going to see your random bursts of paintballs flying through the air they are going to strike as you are busy wasting paintballs.

The art of shooting a paintball gun is a skill and some people catch on faster than others. Don’t worry if you don’t get it at first, the more you practice by yourself as well as practice on the field you will get better and better. It isn’t easy but just go out there and have fun.