How to get over the fear of getting hit

[HellBlazer]

Everytime i play paintball (I play in the woods) I have a terrible fear of getting hit. I always want to move forward, and advance, but I can't because I worry too much about getting hit. I know I could play a lot better if i didn't have to worry so much, it's starting to make paintball not so fun.

How do I get over the fear of getting hit?

[BRYCEBOY18]

What I did to get over this problem, is to have a friend that you trust stand the legal distance from you and shoot you till your no longer afraid, make sure your wearing your mask and that your being totally safe about it.

[Silent Knight]

ahhhh, the dreaded "dont want to get hit" mentality!

well this is the mental aspect of paintball, and it seperates the best from the rest. What can I say, you gottah dig deep down, and find that extra inner strength (LOL) I guess 80% of newbies are kinda hesitant because of this factor. But being not afraid of getting hit means you get to do some krazy A$$ bunker moves, rip people over the top of a bunker, get that flag, the glory, and the respect. Not being aggressive, you will end up staying in one place, getting bunkered, and it'll make paintball a not so glorious sport for you.


Me and my friend have submission games. we stand apart from each other, and each person take one shot at the other person. We keep going back and forth untill we either run out of air or paint. This goes on forever, and let me tell you it's not a pretty sight (welts up the ying yang) but it really really helps.

[lemonhead]

yah when i started playing i hated getting hit and i was not playing to my full extent so get a chest protecter mainly sheridan it is front and back this will help alot but eventually you just get sick of it

[TeC]

i would suggest that you dont let your friend shoot you, just in a game run and try to advance. when you do this you get such a rush that if you get hit you will barely fell it.

Later
-Matt

[M98/Spyder]

I can honastly tell you there were only a couple of times i was afrid of getting hit, look at it this way you may get hit but with one littel twist of the velocity thing you get rrevenge in a painful .68 cal plastic type ball. take some advice from some french guy in some 20th century war, "you wont get killed only the best get killed"

No guts no Glory

[Bentley]

why do you have fear it doesn't hurt just get over it. if your not scared then you can play better

[magicsly1]

I have the perfect solution. I got over getting hit in rec ball really fast but tourneys is a different story. First tournament i ever played i was afraid of getting hit so close. But my second game i got bunkered and after that wasn't afraid to do anything on that field.