Keeping Paintball Safe
Filed Under (Paintball Safety) by admin on 11-07-2009
When most people hear 68/4500 in paintball they just think about the size of a tank and how many paintballs it might shoot. When they hear under 280 fps they just think that they need to tune their gun to that or they may get in trouble. What many don’t think about on a daily basis is that they are dealing with very high pressure air tanks that need to be taken care of and periodically checked from certified professionals. They also don’t relate that 300 feet per second is over 200 miles per hour. Thats really fast and can seriously injure someone if shot at close range. People have had their skulls split open, shirts ripped through, eyes injured, knocked out, collapsed, and had heat stroke. I’ve seen each one of those happen working as a paintball referee.
Being a long time paintball referee I understand the importance of paintball safety. I’ve reffed beginner walk-ons, advanced walk-ons, tournaments, scenario games, 24 hour games, etc. Every Saturday and Sunday morning I would have to give a safety briefing to all players at the field. Having seen nearly every crazy incident that can happen, I know what it means to be a safe paintballer and how to keep others out of harms way. When something goes wrong on the field and someone gets hurt it makes everyone look bad. It makes the field look bad, it makes the sport look dangerous, and it makes the paintball community suffer.
Paintball is a fun sport and an entertaining recreational activity, until someone gets hurt. So if we just follow a few simple rules it will let everyone have a great day on the field without incident. Not only watch out for yourself but watch others and make sure they are following the fields safety rules. If you see someone breaking a rule, call them out on it. Shout it at them so they know how to correct the problem quickly. Paintball safety is serious and needs to be taken seriously, so please read through our paintball safety guide and follow your local fields safety rules.
Feel free to email me at admin@paintball-safety.info with additional paintball safety tips that you can’t find here.
