The first and most important rule of paintball is safety. Always wear protective equipment during a game, such as your mask and gloves, and never remove it, even for a second. Getting hit in the eye by a paintball can cause severe damage, including blindness.

Kids and first-time players often ask if it hurts when hit by a paintball. Yes. It can hurt, however, there are many factors that affect the pain associated with being hit by a paintball. The distance from where the paintball was shot.

Paintball velocity: All Markers are to be checked by chronograph prior to use on the course. In addition to the mandatory use of masks, paintball markers for this course must not fire paintballs that exceed a range of 280 feet per second.

Statistically, it is actually safer to play paintball than it is to go bowling, or even cheerleading (it's true, look it up!). As long as players follow our provided safety rules paintball is one of the safest sports you can participate in.