What To Expect Your First Time Playing Paintball with Action Paintball (2024)

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What to expect for paintball for the first time? ›

Everyone's first paintball experience is exciting, to say the least. High-intensity tactical games, with an array of weaponry to choose from, and the possibility of being pummeled with paint at any moment – it's safe to say an adrenaline rush is on the cards.

Getting hit is perfectly normal and part of the paintball experience. We understand new players might be a little afraid and concerned with how much getting hit will hurt but have no fear. PPK will kit you out with ample protection from head to toe. We give you masks, gloves and overalls with options for upgraded gear.

Even if the weather is scorching, avoid wearing shorts and a t-shirt to play paintball. Such clothing will leave too much skin exposed and makes you vulnerable to getting painful hits directly to your skin. Try to use your best judgment and avoid anything too warm or too short when playing paintball in the sun.

Paintball is a lot of moving, kneeling, crawling, standing and running! Once you get the gun in your hands you won't even notice how much hard work you are doing until after the day! Most people will be sore from the actual moving during the game rather than the paintball marks. Drink plenty of fluids and go hard!

Kids and first-time players often ask if it hurts when hit by a paintball. Yes. It can hurt, however, there are many factors that affect the pain associated with being hit by a paintball. The distance from where the paintball was shot.

A Hit on Bare Skin Definitely Hurts

If a paintball breaks on bare skin, you will most certainly feel it and it does hurt. It can be even worse if the paintball bounces off and doesn't break. However, this can be avoided if you wear the right clothes.

When paintballs hit, it feels like a sting when being hit with a wet towel. In some cases, the ball will bounce right off you and especially when you are wearing thick sweats. Layers provide padding between you and the paintball.

Although you'll get fully kitted out with protective gear when you get there, you still need to put some thought into what you'll be wearing underneath it all – a party of football-mad teenagers might want to turn up in their team's kit, but shorts and socks aren't really suitable for paintball.

The first and most important rule of paintball is safety. Always wear protective equipment during a game, such as your mask and gloves, and never remove it, even for a second. Getting hit in the eye by a paintball can cause severe damage, including blindness.

How do you get a good aim in paintball? ›

Go Dark and Wear Camo

Not only do dark colors reduce staining, but they also help you avoid detection during a paintball game.

Lower Body protection: Long, loose pants are the best type to wear. Either jeans, Cargo, Military issue BDU, or paintball specific. Use undergarments like thermals or Sweats if the temperature is colder. This not only protects you from the sting of a paintball hit, but the environment.

Despite what you may think, paintball is actually a very safe sport in comparison to other sports. In fact, you are 19 times more likely to suffer a serious injury playing football than you are playing paintball.