3 Drills to Improve Speedball Skills
Nova Scotia Team Uses Drills To Transition From Woodsball to Tournament Play
By: Chris “Paint Monkey” Wingate
originally published in the November 2009 issue of Action Pursuit Games

You may have heard of the Tippinators. They are a team based in Nova Scotia, and they made the transition from woodsball to tournament-play formats. Famous for being diplomats of sportsmanship and their loyalty to Tippmann markers, this crew is a perfect example that hard work and training are more important to success than rate of fire. Since any one can spary the field, we spoke with the team’s captain, Bruce "Charon" Johnston, to find out how the "Tipps" train to improve their speedball skill and asked him to share a few drills. Here are some questions we asked:"

East Coast Champs: Tippinators
Milsim Maniacs Battle the Tippinators for the Atlantic Woodsball League Series Title!
originally published in the February 2009 issue of Action Pursuit Games

In the beginning, there was only woodsball. World title matches played out in the woods. There was no "speedball" no arena-ball games. Today, in return to paintball's strong suit, fields around the country see the resurgence in woodsball. Paintball is moving back into the woods, not only with big games and scenarios, but also with woodsball tournaments and competitive woodsball leagues...."