• It discourages blind fire.
• Gun hits count in professional paintball
• It promotes proper shooting techniques.

It Promotes Proper Shooting Techniques
There’s no argument here from us. That being said, 70% of our client base is what we call “one and done.” We would bet most fields are somewhere close to that number. They play once a year, maybe once in their life. The last thing new players are concerned with are proper shooting techniques. They are simply looking for a good time and want to stay in the game longer than 30 seconds. They are not aware of where their gun is in relation to their body in relation to the bunker or structure they are hiding behind. This leads us to the point of the post.

Gun Hits Benefit Experienced Players
The majority of our players are first time players. For us, including most fields, it’s not feasible to separate walk-on groups into two different groups.  So who does the gun hits rule benefit the most? The experienced players. We are in the business of growing the sport of paintball. If experienced players shoot out new players by clipping barrel tips, hoppers, etc in the first minute of each and every game, new players won’t come back. They won’t enjoy themselves, and they will go sky diving or zip lining the next time they want to do something fun instead of play paintball. New players having a better time greatly increases their chances of playing a second time.  After two or three times, we all know what happens next…