If you have never played paintball before, Thailand with its many jungles is a great place to try a truly exciting sport. You can not believe how people’s attitudes and personalities change when you give them a gun and they enter the paintball arena.

Paintball is where two teams fire paint capsules at each other, the blob of paint indicates a Kill. Players eliminate each other from the game by hitting their opponents with a paintball that breaks upon impact and leaves them visibly marked with paint.

Paintball is a dynamic and exciting sport that requires teamwork and strategy,  it's great fun for groups large or small. You don't necessarily have to be physically fast or agile to be good at paintball, as long as your skilful. Tactical awareness and strategy is as important as swiftness. The objective is to capture your opposition’s flag and get it back to your home base.

Rules on how big a paint mark must be to count as a hit vary, a paint mark from a paintball that breaks on some other object before impacting a player, referred to as splatter. It does not count as a hit, once a player has been marked, they are eliminated from the game.

Most rules consider hits on any body part, clothing, gear, or object the player is carrying or wearing as elimination. This includes the marker, backpack or an object picked up from the field, such as a flag or a pod. Some rules do not count hits on the marker or head or both, or other areas of the body as an elimination, and require more than one hit in certain areas for elimination.

Players are provided with full face, temple ear and eye protection and must be worn at all times for maximum safety. Two piece camouflage suits are also included. If you get shot at very close range it might leave a bruise, chest and back protectors are available, if required.

Thailand has plenty of both and indoor paintball venues. Situated at  many  tourist destinations, such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket, Hua Hin, Koh Samui and Koh Pha Ngan are among the most popular.