| Just like winning a war, the most efficient way to win a | | | | Patience pays in the game of paintball. Members of a |
| paintball game is to divide the team into a number of | | | | paintball squad should not only be physically agile but |
| squads and assign each squad a particular task to the | | | | also patient to make full use of the strategy to win |
| common end. | | | | beat their opponents. Their movements must be well |
| A squad is a small group of players within the team | | | | coordinated to avoid detection by the enemy. When a |
| with a particular objective assigned to it which furthers | | | | need to fire arises, the whole squad should fire as a |
| the common game plan of the team. Preferably, a | | | | group with each member in right position. |
| squad should not have more than six members. The | | | | A squad member should help other squad members |
| members of the squad should be disciplined and quick | | | | who are being shot at by returning the fire, particularly |
| in their physical movements. The squad should be | | | | when he is in a strategically more advantageous |
| briefed about not only its own task but also the | | | | position than the enemy. |
| common objective of the whole team so that the | | | | All the members of the squad should remember that |
| squad members could relate their task to the larger | | | | they are playing for the team and their task is to |
| team objective. It should be made clear to each | | | | further the common team objective. Coordination of |
| member how he can help achieve the team objective. | | | | their movements with that of the team and group |
| The movement of each squad member is important to | | | | work will go a long way in wresting the game. |
| the team. Quick advance is necessary when the | | | | Remember, more heads thinking as one, and more |
| enemy is at a distance, but slow advance is more | | | | guns firing as one are better in both war and a game |
| fruitful when the opposing team is near. The art of | | | | of paintball. |
| hiding is very important for the advancing squad | | | | Remember, paintball is certainly a rough game, but |
| members. By hiding, you eliminate chances of being | | | | often it is played by the mind. So, physical strength and |
| seen, fired upon and hit by paintballs. Squad members | | | | agility do matter, but the really important thing is a good |
| should maintain a distance of at least five yards to | | | | strategy and dividing the team into squads is an |
| make it difficult for the opposing team to spot the | | | | effective way of carrying out that strategy. |
| whole squad. | | | | |