So the soccer season is upon us! We have quite a few new faces in our team this year, and our coach had a brilliant idea of having a team building/bonding day. Now, we all occasionally go up to our local pub and grab a drink together, but just getting a few drinks and socialising doesn’t give us the opportunity for team building. That’s when our brilliant team coach came up with the idea of paintball.

Now, I had never been paintballing before, so I didn’t know what to expect in terms of pain or what where we would be playing would be like. Turns out it was an indoor arena, with your basic wooden barricades and walls. We only had 6 people that could come, so it was the perfect size.

Now let me tell you this, paintballs hurt. A lot. But the thing is, when you’re actually playing and you get hit, you don’t notice it straight away. It takes about a second to kick in. Maybe it’s just me, but I just felt ‘in the zone’. But the aftermath of paintball is always a good competition. Who got the worst bruise? I’m telling you now, no matter what, you WILL leave with a bruise.

It was a great team building exercise, working together to pelt the life out of the other team, covering each other and winning as a team. It’s a good idea to build communication skills and teamwork, and it’s great fun. 10/10 would recommend. But try not to get shot in the back of your head like I did.