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Paintball Tips – The Proper Way To Use The Snake

The snake is one of the hardest and most misplayed bunkers on the field. Teams should know how to play the snake offensively and defensively. The snake is usually set on the ’50′ or mid field and off to the side running parallel with the tape line. A good team will always try to get one or sometimes even two players in the snake. Here are some tips that might make playing the snake a little easier.

1) Walk the field before hand and see where the shooting lanes are from the snake and which bunkers your going to be able to cover so you don’t have to do it in the game.

2) Usually there will be a back stand up can placed so that a back player can cover the snake player from muggings. Make sure if your are covering the snake player that you give him sufficient cover fire and watch for the other team setting up muggings on the snake player.

3) Try to get a player in the snake as quickly as possible but if you send a player in the snake and he gets eliminated I wouldn’t send any more in.

4) If the other team already has a player in the snake keep plenty of fire where the snake player is located. But sometimes a snake is so big that each team can get a player in the snake. If this happens you have to keep your marker ready and watch out for the other player. Make sure you listen to your back man and use the curves of the snake as cover.

5) If you are in the snake try to concentrate on their front and mid players. You can also take out the back players by having someone in the snake depending on your angle (that’s where field walking comes in place) and where the snake is positioned at on the field. If you are in the snake and you take out the back players it should be a mop up type of game from there; squeezing players from their bunkers and setting up muggings. That’s why getting a player in the snake is so important.

6) Try to stay as low as possible when in the snake and always be in communication with your players. They are able to see more of the field than you can. It is quite difficult to stay low and then come up snap shooting this is something you have to practice before the day of the game.

7) The main danger of playing the snake is of getting mugged. If you don’t have a back player covering you or he gets eliminated expect a bunker move and always stay aware of this. There are some key signs to know when the other team is setting up a bunker move but that is a whole different article.

The main thing to do while playing the snake is to stay as low as possible when crawling and use the curves of the snake as cover and just remember if you don’t have a back man for cover your as good as done. Learning how to play the snake can either win or lose a game for your team.

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