I need help :/

Ok I might sound like a coward for this but, I'm not I promise! When i go behind a spool to take cover in woodsball I get afraid to look over the top or on the side because I dont wanna get shot in the throat. I've been shot before and it don't hurt at all I just don't wanna get hit in the neck. :/ Any advice? 

Thanks! I might try that... 

While this may not work for everyone, I used to be the same way... afraid that getting shot would hurt so bad as to ruin my day of paintball or cause serious injury.
I'd try, once or twice at least, just doing something you'd think would be a maneuver that'd get you shot but might actually do your team some good.
I noticed that once I had started doing ballsy maneuvers that the adrenaline of possibly pulling a sweet play greatly overshadowed any pain I'd perceive.
On a related note, wear a cup... no amount of adrenaline will tone down the pain of getting shot in the junk.
As long as you've got good safety equipment, you'll generally, in my experience, be able to work through any amount of pain you'll receive from getting shot.
And again, for Christ sake, wear a cup...
I don't wear one, but only because making poor decisions is my other hobby.


Edited by CHiKUN_PiMP - 27 September 2011 at 4:14pm

CHiKUN_PiMP wrote: On a related note, wear a cup... no amount of adrenaline will tone down the pain of getting shot in the junk. As long as you've got good safety equipment, you'll generally, in my experience, be able to work through any amount of pain you'll receive from getting shot. And again, for Christ sake, wear a cup...unless you are an internet troll who starts political arguments on a paintball forum and is incapable of recognizing superior logic and facts in which case your target area for hits of this nature is so miniscule as to completely negate the chance of such a hit and you may forgo a cup. I don't wear one, but only because making poor decisions is my other hobby.

fixed.

On a more serious note . . . true story.

Opponent:  "Are you out."

Me:  "Dude . . . I'm laying in the middle of an area with my marker on the ground because I'm cradling my groin with both hands and whimpering; what do you think?"

Moral of the story:  Wear a cup.

There was a chick that played with us a few years ago.  Took one right in the throat.  Hit her adam's apple.  Swore like a truck driver.  Sounded like one too...

At one time, there were goggles with neck protection built in.  A couple of suggestions.  Attach a heavy piece of cloth to your mask which drapes down like a curtain, protecting your neck.  It doesn't need much padding, just enough weight that it slows down the paintball.
There are also a Paintball neck protector
that works great.  The link is to one made by Nxe (which is now owned by Tippmann Sports!).


Edited by PartsTech - 29 September 2011 at 2:48pm

I wear a shemagh wrapped arround my head and neck. it helps take the energy and force out the paintballs as they hit my neck. There are many tricks but a good neck protector can be found at your local Paintball Shop.

I wear a bandanna around my throat, similar job as what EE does. 

Rootbeer2468 wrote: But won't you get hot?

you're going to work up a sweat playing, some players take 550 cord or some other heavier cord and thred it through the bottom vent wholes on the face grill.  like this.
http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=176985&PN=18

Ceesman762 wrote: Rootbeer2468 wrote: But won't you get hot? you're going to work up a sweat playing, some players take 550 cord or some other heavier cord and thred it through the bottom vent wholes on the face grill.  like this.http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=176985&PN=18

Hmm good idea!