paintball 200311

Realised that incorporating a good warmup that includes sliding and diving is good for the body to get warmed up for the rigours of an actual paintball game..

So next time, we'll do a couple of windsprints that end in slides and dives. It really made a difference to our games later on in the day.

Didn't play much. Just 2 games. Played snake back and back mostly. The first game was good. Managed to communicate well with my teammates as well as provide the necessary cover fire to pin down the opponent. Finally got the angle of the barrel right. It was just a matter of elevating the barrel and looking down it to roughly guess the parabolic flight of the paintball.

So i did quite good shooting from the back.

2nd game was real epic. I played Back centre coz Kenny wanted me to be an all rounder. I used a marker with a furious barrel from danny. It was great man. But the only downside to it was the inconsistent feeding of the paintballs into the loader.. I really need an e-loader to up my level of gameplay. So i can lane off ppl much better, without worry of balls not feeding properly.

I did an epic move in the last game at the end to pretty much wrap that game up. I went up to bunker the snake guy then take out the last guy in the back centre.

Epic and high.

TEAM HEARTBREAKERS FIRST TRAINING OF 2011

Had a good training with my team today.

My position now has been decided. I'm a front/mid guy. A position that i really want. being a mid player is a good balance of aggressive front and support back.

We did lots of drills. A breakout drill. Where i learnt that it's actually better to use the hand on the side that you're shooting on. So right side of the field, hold marker in right hand and vice versa. I also learned a defensive breakout. With back-to-back movement to the back centre bunker.

Did an entry to bunker drill which was quite like what BBen taught me the last time i went down for PB.

Also did a bunkering drill. Benguin taught us some cool tricks. Like running low to bunker. and to keep the body squared to the direction of run and only having the marker turn to the side instead of the whole body turn to the side.. to lean forward to run, mroe like controlled falling. so the body is low.

we also did some 1v1 snap shooting drills. those videos i watched that gave tips on snap shooting were really helpful. And it's confirm that i do the thomas taylor/todd martinez/oliver lang style of snapshooting instead of the rollout method by maximus lunqvist. Those tips on to use the entire length of the bunker. coming from above and below to keep the other person guessing and to surprise him was damn good advice. i managed to get cheeyong out.. shooting at him from low..

On a personal note. I should hold the marker barrel up instead of barrel at the target coz the flight trajectory of the paintball is parabolic. So i'd have to point the barrel higher for further..

I also learnt quite alot from Cheeyong. He's one of the most experienced players on my team alongside Kenny and Yazid. So i have been in paintball for quite some time but i have never participated in a tournament before. So yesterday i learnt quite a lot from cheeyong. Basically coz he plays a mid/back position. But Sophie did tell me that cheeyong plays a little too much on the safe side. I'll take that into mind.

Cheeyong taught me about "spraying" everywhere and the importance of communication with my teammates to move up the field.. A far side from playing front where u just go up and the backs just cover u.. In mid. u have to watch ur movement so that, firstly, u won't get urself shot out by the opposite team.. Secondly, to avoid being friendly fired by your own teammates..

really learnt alot yesterday..
looking forward to the next training with my dear team to put our drills to the test..

Paintball 13/2/11

Another paintball session..

Had a good game with Team Blitz again.. This time, they made vast improvements.. I was playing dorito side which literally wasn't a dorito side coz the doritos were at the back and cans were in the middle of the field.. I ran out of paint thru the first game.. The second game, i got shot out gunfighting my mirror.. it was the same exact problem of snapshooting.. The ball going outwards away from the bunker instead of straight down the side..

Point to take note that i spam quite alot of paint. So no go to sharing paints. A bag for each training. Full pods in.

Big Ben was around so i requested him to put me thru some drills. Since he was a back player, he taught us a back player drill.. Told him i was playing mid/front, so this drill could help me with a fill-in/insert.. It was a drill from the back centre and with the gun up, run and gun to a corner then knee/hip sliding into the corner bunker then gun up to shoot down either the tape or the inside..
It was great.. it was tiring too.. so i asked him about the problem i have of snapshooting..

and little that i know. the answer has been staring at me the whole time..!! The answer lay in being close to the "magic line"..!! instead of standing in the middle of the bunker where when you come out, your barrel would be off coz of the positiong you're standing at, stand close to the magic line of the side that you're gonna snapshoot from, that way, the barrel will come out straight instead of going off.. and also.. to make use of all the sides of the bunker, especially, the least expected low side of the bunker.. meaning to snap out while kneeling/squatting to gunfight a standing guy..

Ben also mentioned that the 3 point crawl is very important for the snake player.. and walking the field too. coz the poles of the field netting can be used as indicators to know where to shoot at when popping up instead of popping up then finding where to shoot.. And also to move up and down the snake instead of staying at one spot. To keep the other players guessing coz the snake is a hotspot. Another trick is to kick the bunker at the back to "mislead" other players that you're there..

Really learnt alot from Big Ben.. Talked to him about sponsorship too.. and how Dye Precision has help mould the paintball community in Singapore with sponsorship of equipment..

Hafiz for Red 7s..?? hmmm...

i also saw the power of a loader on a mech marker, about the same as having an e-marker. Big ben got me to shoot his PMR which was kinda cool.. i can't walk the trigger for nuts.. xD.. the marker shoots damn straight and the trigger is damn sensitive to the touch.. I'm gonna get a rotor real soon.. either end of this month or when march pay comes in..

on another note. i've been spending quite some time playing paintball with jordan.. and jordan plays snake.. maybe i could play his back since it's a position that complements the snake and has to work hand in hand with. and since i do alot of ballin' with him.. might as well work in tandem with him..

I can imagine myself laning out the snake and down the snake tape.. xD

Paintball on the 16th of Jan.. First paintball session of the new year..


Played against the well-established Team Contract Killers. Got owned pretty much all of the time.. My mind was pretty much set on playing mid. But i was tasked to play snake.


So it took some readjustment since i haven't played snake in a very long time.. I tried to apply laning out my mirror then moving it into the snake.


But Sham, a very good snake player, got into the snake on the break. and pretty much controlled the snake. I don't know who the snake back was, but he laned the snake quite well. and there was no chance of me getting in.


heck. i never made it into the snake for both the games i played...


observation: For RD field, get into the snake fast and move up fast too. That's a good lesson for me. To move up the snake faster.


Off the break, run and dive into the snake..