Posted by: FoxWalk on April 21, 2003 at 17:37:52

In paintball there is a thing called a chronograph that fields use to check the speed of the balls that come out of the paint markers. Most fields have a limit of 300 feet per second. The only times a paintball has hurt me enough to wince and take a second, where times I was playing in someones back yard and we didn't check the speed of the guns. So the lesson there is make sure he goes to a field that has strict rules on the speed limit of the marker. Also you can try to find a field that has a limit of 285 (most places won't go lower than that since the paintballs wont go far enough) Most fields also have a 20 foot rule where you aren't allowed to shoot that close, or you can offer the person a chance to surrender. The bottom line in paintball is that it will sting a little, but a lot of times your so excited you hardly feel it. As long as your son keeps his mask on, he will not get hurt from a paintball in anyway that wont go away in a day or so. Paintball is a sport like any other. In soccer you get kicked in the shins or get hit by the ball, ect. In 1998 paintball became the 4th largest extreme sport, which means 5,923,000  people decided it was more fun to play paintball than to not play paintball. : My 10 year old son would like to try paintball as a hobby. I hear that it can be quite painful when you get hit by a paintball. Can you help me decide if this is right for him. Thank you.

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