Paintball for Girls Teaches Them Skills!

If you're thinking of a sport that requires patience, skill, and teamwork and your daughter just isn't in to the normal cheerleading and other girls' sports, why not think about paintball for girls? It's easy to quickly dismiss this adventure as being violent or dangerous, but this isn't really so. Paintball for girls teaches planning, strategy, skill, patience, and a reliance on your teammates like no other sport out there.

Many who don't understand the sport assume that it's some kind of violent battle between two teams that are just trying to blast each other with paint, but this isn't really so. Whether it's paintball for boys or paintball for girls, most games are played around a certain scenario or objective that needs to be met, and aren't just a random firing at an enemy. There is planning needed between teams to capture a flag without being caught and while avoiding booby-traps, and while planting a few of your own. Strategy and teamwork are of utmost importance as you work to move your team forward, or to set up someone from an opposing team, leading her into a trap.

Some arenas that offer paintball for girls have tournaments that teams can enter, and some of these tournaments last all weekend. They have medals and trophies and other awards.

True athleticism is needed when it comes to paintball for girls. The team members are on the field and need to run, jump, duck, and everything else. It's a great way to get a girl into regular physical activity without her feeling self-conscious the way she might in another sport where she is put on the spot, such as volleyball or cheerleading. And many teams compete together week after week, and really build solid communication between them, pulling together as one unit. In this way, paintball for girls can teach your child that she is a valued member of a team and that she can rely on her other teammates, who are also relying on her as well. This type of camaraderie builds self-esteem.

So don't be so quick to dismiss paintball for girls. If there's a nearby arena, you can check out the facilities yourself before even talking about it with your daughter, and get any of your questions answered. And who knows, it may be something that the whole family can get in on and enjoy!