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There are more people who sustain serious injuries golfing than playing paintball, so it is a very safe sport in comparison to more mainstream sports. Kids tend to get injured when playing paintball because of a lack of supervision, or lack of appropriate equipment. In this article I will outline what pointers you need to look for when booking paintball to make sure they stay safe.



Fully Trained Paintball Marshal's - Children tend to have much lower concentration spans than adults, and can easily get distracted during safety briefings and on the field. So it is essential to find a paintball centre that employs marshal's who have experience with managing children. These marshals will be able to keep the children more engaged and also will have a sharper eye when it comes to looking for children displaying dangerous behaviour on the field like taking off their paintball goggles.

Provision Of Safety Equipment - The paintball centre that you choose to host your kids paintballing game should provide all of the necessary paintball equipment to ensure your childrens safety listed below

• Full Head Paintball Goggles
: In more or less or paintballing centres paintball guns will fire paintball's around 300 feet per second, and this will not differ when children play. Not all paintballing centres offer full head paintball goggles which in my opinion is irresponsible as paintball's can hit exposed area's such as the back of the head. If a child gets a paintball to the back of the head this could be extremely uncomfortable and potentially dangerous.
• Full Combat Suits
: A good paintball centre will provide players with full combat suits. These suits will have built inbuilt padding on the joint area's such as the knee's and elbows. These can save your kid discomfort and protect their joints when they are diving around the paintball field.
• Body Armour
: When your children are playing paintball body armour is essential. Paintball strikes to parts of the body such as the chest and the sternum can be extremely painful and potentially dangerous for children if they are not wearing body armour. The body armour will absorb a lot of the impact of the paintball's reducing the pain, or paintball's hitting greatly.

If you follow the points above, making sure that your children are supervised by experienced marshals and also are wearing the necessary safety equipment then you can be confident that your children will be playing paintball in a safe environment. One of the best ways to find the safest paintball sites near you is by visiting the websites of the governing bodies of paintball such as the UK Paintball Authority.

Oliver Anye works for Delta Force Paintball the only company to be awarded 5* for safety by the UK Paintball Authority at all of its 23 paintball centres. To find out your nearest Delta Force centre visit http://www.paintballgames.co.uk. On this site you can find also find out the special packages they offer for kids paintball

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