In 2022 there was a clear uptick in youth paintball teams playing local and regional paintball tournaments . Thanks to people like Charles “ Big E ” Eric Holland , Mike Baird , Bea Youngs , Steve Ross , Robert Rumrill , Andy Starrett , Mark Gong and the many others , paintball tournaments for youth teams began popping up all over the US in 2022 . And the addition of a youth-only event held at the 2022 World Cup pushed this trend upward exponentially .
In January of 2023 , just a few months post World Cup , PaintballFilms . com released a full 90-minute free documentary covering the ‘ Cup ’ s youth division , as well as many of the practices leading up to the event , the travel to and from the event and more . The film , the World Cup youth division , the commitment from some great coaches and parents caused the nearly perfect storm in 2023 . As the 2023 season unfolded youth events continued to be added to the national paintball schedule and new yoth teams emerged .
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