Key Paintball Tactics – Avoiding Tunnel Vision

You’ve heard about all sorts of paintball tactics, you’re on the field, and you have an enemy right where you want them. Watch out! It may seem surprising, but this is one of the most dangerous positions you can be in.

Many beginning and even experienced players develop what is called tunnel vision where they only concentrate on one point, usually an opponent. You only watch that person and tune out everything around you.

When you see that opponent or the bunker you are wanting to take, stop look and listen. Look at the opponent, then left, then right, and if you can, even a very quick shoulder check. You need to make sure that you are not being flanked or you will be taken out by someone who “just came out of nowhere!”.

Don’t just look at the bunker closest to you but the ones farther away too. Don’t forget that people change positions and situations alter quickly.

Communication with your teammates also helps. If you are talking to them about what you are doing and what the enemy is doing, you can force yourself to look around and notice. Just be careful not to over-communicate and get distracted by that instead.

I know it can be hard when the paint is flying, but here are some things to be constantly asking yourself:

Where is are the enemies I know about Where can the enemies I don’t know about possibly be? Where are all the potential hiding places? Who is beside/behind me

If you can keep these paintball tactics running through your head, you can avoid tunnel vision.

By: Dave K Evans

About the Author:
Dave Evans is a Washington State-based paintball enthusiast. He enjoys writing about topics to take paintball players from good to great and remembers that we were all newbies once.

He has a blog at http://paintballtactics.weebly.com where he writes about paintball tactics for new and experienced players.