| Paintball in recent years has grown massively in | | | | have experienced. They are constructed on the same |
| popularity because of the excitement and relative | | | | premise as Facebook, but the whole focus is about |
| safety of the sport. As it continues to grow more | | | | submitting reviews to contribute to the community of |
| leisure centres and land owners are opening paintball | | | | users. One of the largest websites is Qype.com, which |
| fields to meet this demand. Not all paintball centres are | | | | already has a lot of reviews on different paintball sites. |
| going to be rated equally when it comes to the | | | | The majority of these existing paintball reviews |
| standard of the equipment and safety. So I have | | | | mention safety, allowing you to get other peoples |
| outlined 3 tips below to help you find the safest | | | | opinions on the sites. |
| centres for you to take your school children along to. | | | | 3) Do Your research on the paintball company - The |
| 1) Contact the governing bodies of Paintball - You can | | | | vast majority of accidents that occur playing paintball, |
| find out who the governing bodies for are paintball by | | | | happen at private or sub-standard paintball centres. So |
| using a search engine such as Google. In the UK one | | | | it is always a good idea to do some research on any |
| of the main governing bodies is the UKPBA and in the | | | | companies that you are considering playing with. |
| US it is the US Paintballing Authority. Both of these | | | | Pointers to look for are, how long have they been in |
| organisations have websites which list approved | | | | business, what safety equipment do they provide, are |
| centres in their respective countries that have met | | | | they accredited, do they invest in the best safety |
| certain levels of safety. You can also contact them via | | | | equipment. Also do not be afraid to ask them detailed |
| phone and post for more detailed information, on the | | | | questions about their past safety records. |
| safest paintball sites for school children. | | | | If you follow these steps above then you should have |
| 2) Visit Online Review Sites - There are now websites | | | | no trouble in locating a safe and exciting paintball |
| that allow you as a user to create a profile and add | | | | centres for your school to play at. |
| reviews of good or bad services and products you | | | | |