time playing and have never been treated unfairly. How
you can help in solving these problems is simple, don’t
treat women different because there are women. Don’t
assume a woman doesn’t know what she is doing on the
field, because she might have been playing longer than
you have!
Now onto brighter topics! Now that the number of
women paintball players is on the rise, there are specific
groups and events specifically for women. The West Coast
Women’s Paintball Tournament started in 2013 and has
been a huge jumping off point for women. The WCWPL
puts on an event for women with any type of experience to
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come out and enjoy a day of paintball. There are plenty of
opportunities for even the most novice players. There are
plenty of Facebook groups for women in paintball to talk
to each other and boost each other up, such as the United
States Women’s Paintball Association. If you are a woman
in paintball, you need to get ahold of these groups and
find some other women in your area to play paintball with.
There are a couple different types of paintball to choose
from. A lot of women like speedball. There are even allwomen paintball teams. Destiny paintball team has all
females, and they play just about every genre of paintball
you can think of. Destiny has been in the MiLP, CFP, PSP