Paintball 101 Environments
Best Courses in the Chicago Area
1. CPX Sports-Joliet
2. O'Hare Paintball Park-Bensonville
3. Badlanz Paintball Field-Elems Court Lane
4. Paintball Explosion-Dundee
5. Chicagoland Paintball-Glenwood
Speedball
Speedball is characterized by a small field filled with bunkers. Speedball fields are usually less than half the size of a football field, and located on level, treeless terrain. Bunkers on a speedball field are man-made, and have evolved from wooden spools and crates to corrugated sewer piping to the customized inflatable obstacles in various shapes that are common today.
Because of the small field size, and the lack of foliage or any other objects aside from the artificial obstacles on the field, players can see from one end of the field to the other, and games are usually much shorter than those played in the woods. Since players can see each other and start the game within range of each other, action between opponents is immediate and lasts the entire game.
Speedball is the only format of paintball that is played professionally in major professional leagues, the PSP, and Millennium series. Paintball fields tend to also hold tournaments of their own throughout the year.
No matter which type of paintball you play, or even if you like them all, paintball is a great and fun sport. If you've never tried it, below is a list of the top 5 places to go in the Chicago area. Give paintball a try. I'm sure you'll love it like I do!