Customer Reviews

501 Paintball Tips, Tricks, and Tactics

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Although some folks may be disappointed by the few black and white pictures in this book, I was extremely pleased with the content of the text. The author has obviously spent plenty of time playing paintball, and thinking about paintball. As a former woods ball player, I picked this book up for my pre-teen nephew, who's just getting into the sport. I was so pleased to find actually useful info about marker maintenance and repair, field tactics, and lots of other good stuff - many of which I had to find out the hard way for myself back in the day. This book makes a great companion to several other books that are geared toward paintball "newbies": Buy this one to go along with any of the latest picture-laden books. There are real "gems" in here!

_Dave_

If you're into paintball, definitely buy this book. If you're not, you probably will be after reading it. Dave "Landshark" Norman is a recognized paintball expert and innovator with over a decade of experience in the field (and on it), and it shows. Excellent advice on everything about the game from improving your low crawl to building a paint mortar. Beginners and veterans alike will learn from it. It's the sort of book you'll find yourself referring to throughout your paintball life. Only complaint: no index. But the contents are well-organized, so that helps.

As a beginning player, this book had absolutely everything I needed, from the basic rules, to how to keep my goggles unfogged, to basic maintenance of my gear. I feel like I can actually get in the game, just knowing simple things like that paintballs travel in lanes, so there are safe places to stand just a foot away from a heavy exchange of paint.

There's also a ton of stuff about boobie trapping, ghillie suits and building bunkers. Dave also answers specific questions through his website (www.501paintballtips.com), which is useful when I don't know the terms to use to look up my question.
Great resource.

The author knows exactly what he is talking about. I have not only witnessed, but have been there, on the field with this paintball obsessed human. He not only likes it, but loves it. This book will deliver and tell you all the secrets. I highly recommend this book. A must read.

pretty useful book if your new to paintball lot of hints,tips and tricks. bought it to brush up on some things, lot of info for the novice to experts even, highly recommended.

What a great resource. It covers woods ball (my favorite scenario games), and speedball equally well, and shows how techniques in one can be applied to the other. Don't judge it by it's lame 70's industrial style cover, because inside is a wealth of great tips and tricks that can transform your individual game, or team game. This is a book that you will read again and again, and apply new strategies from what happened at the field last weekend.

While I have never been a fan of paintball, I do have a copy of this book. It has really helped me better understand why my friends love the game and really does a good job explaining what the game is all about. I would think that even more experienced players would get use from many of the tips that are included. Whether you are an experienced player looking for an advantage, or a beginner looking to get a better handle on the game, this is a great book.

Also, I have followed the paintball career of the author for sometime and truly believe that he has all the knowledge and experience to be considered a master of the game.