Paintball is played in over 35 countries by millions of men and women of all ages and life styles. Whether homemakers or high-school students, professional or retired, all paintball players share in common a love for adventure and a strong competitive spirit. It is a sport in which men and women compete equally, and age is not dominated by youth. Size and strength are not as important as intelligence and determination. Like a game of chess, being able to think quickly and decisively is what makes you a star in paintball.
Paintball is also a character-building sport.
Paintball Players learn the importance of teamwork and gain self-confidence while developing leadership abilities. Paintball has rules, a scoring system, referees, leagues and international tournaments. Paintball is a combination tag, hide and seek, cops and robbers and human chess. Make you realize that any real combat zone is definitely not the place you want to be History of Paintball Paintball is considered a very young sport. Paintball came into being in 1981 when the U.S. Forestry Service invented a dye marking pistol for the purpose of marking trees.