get a ruber band and put it in the index and the middle finger and do the finger motion like if you were shooting (a rubber band because u can do that everywhere and your not taking your gun everywhere u go)
Condensation. The air that comes out of you barrel is a different air temperature than what the temperature is outside. Like a water bottle, all the moisture in the outside air comes onto your barrel. They just worry that drops of water will get in their barrel to affect the accuracy of the paintball. Hope this helps! -Jack
I find I can get near the same results by simply switching shoulders. You can get the same angle by simply switching what shoulder you rest your tank against
I would recommend using an airsoft gun to train in your backyard. I dont play paintball but honestly this method works just as well and I can shoot off a thousand for a dollar or so. I can now pop around corners easily with my off hand and actually feel comfortable shooting.
Another good piece of advice is to simply get comfortable holding your marker in your left hand. When at the field between games force yourself to carry your gun in your left hand and not your right. Also when at home, walk around with your marker in your left hand. Just do as much as possible to get used to holding it and being comfortable, you don't have to shoot paint.
@maphic you cant hold the grips with ur right wille walking with the left if u do u have no controll over the gun and if someones coming to gun u down on the other side of the bunker u cant switch
When I was on a team in highschool all my friends would have me play the left side of the field because I could play with both hands equally well. The thing you really have to watch out for (at least I did) was to tuck your elbow in. Just like you do with your right. But it is very easy to get lazy and chicken wing out and get shot. This happened to me for a solid 3 months before I really got it down.
man u give great advice i would just like to thank you on my behalf and everyone who watches ur videos for putting ur time into this youtube channel you have helped so many people and you get paintball out there and you help kids get into the sport with your godly advice sincerely nick
for some reason when i started to attempt to shoot left handed it came so natural to me even though i'm not left handed and really can't use my left hand for anything else and now bout a year later i find myself using my left hand more than my rite while playing paintball
thanks for the tips mike. my friends and i all go paintballing and im already left handed. so i showed a bunch of your stuff to my friends and they just completely moved up to the next level.
it´s curious because i am right handed,but i can walk the trigger better with my left hand, i play the guitar so that is why, i have to practice right handed LOL!! Any way i can shoot comfortably from both sided but a little slower on the right side.
im normally right handed, but my right fingers are slow as shit so i learned how to shoot lefty. i can shoot 18 BPS with my off hand but my dominant hand is shit when it comes to walking the trigger.
My left eye is my dominant eye (the one you're supposed to primarily aim down sights with), but my right hand has a fast trigger pull and cadence. I cannot get my left hand to pull the same speeds, I can't even play piano because my left hand doesn't keep rhythm. It's like when I shoot on my right, I have to push my head out farther so I can see down with my left eye, but when I shoot on my left I can't pull the trigger right. What I've started doing, and I'm sure it's a bad habit, is just switching shoulders but keeping my hands the same. I actually think it makes my exposed portion smaller because I don't have my arm and hand on the outside. Sure, it's a little uncomfortable for my right hand, but I just think it helps me switch sides faster and keep a fast trigger.
cashotpb Of course you keep both eyes open, the problem is with being as accurate and fast as I can. Even when you shoot pistols or archery you may not have to close one eye, but you still have to look down your dominant line of sight to shoot accurately. My main problem is with how I should hold it to use both my strong points. I'd like to hold it so my left eye is the one lining up most of my shots, but my right hand pulls the trigger for speed.
I was born being ambidextrous though for sports I usually use my right hand as a dominant hand but with paintball using both my hands is really comfortable.
@flipinoyrv i think its because your unused hand its a lot looser than than hand you use for everything. im right-handed but faster with my left too, and I can snap my index against my middle finger and thumb with my left but not my right
yeah its wierd for me i shoot real guns right handed but for paintball i walk the trigger better with my left hand. Might be because its an ion and they dont have the best trigger set ups, idk
Is it just me or when you shoot with your right hand it sounds different than when you shoot with your left? Like to me right hand shooting sounds deep like POP POP POP and left hand sounds like pap pap pap (in this video I mean) This is a really good tip, i just bought my first gun off a good friend and im going to try this!
the only problm i have while shooting lefty is running and shooting while walking the trigger.. i only use one finger when im running and shooting off the break lefty
also one thing a guy at my field did is he taped his painter middle and ring fingers together on his right hand so he couldn't shoot with his right and played recball
Most paintball "instructional videos" over hype the importance of most tips and tricks....this is no exaggeration that it's one of if not the most important skill to learn playing paintball. The amount of people I see losing kills, time, accuracy, confidence, etc being unable to play on both sides of a bunker is insane on some of the rec games I've played. Most of the time if you can simply get on the weak side of a player you know can't switch hands well or quickly that's all it takes to get another G. Solid advice, would forward this to all new players for sure.
well i am in the sport and i have a ego, just the fact paintball fields cost 60+ cad/visit in canada is keeping me out from most of the time, but is there anyway i can practice at my bak yard?
@flipinoyrv Same here. I walk like a beast with my left, but my right hand is retarded, and I'm right handed. I can't throw a ball or write my name for my life with my left hand.
hey mike i kno this is off topic but wat do you think is better should i upgrade my spyder vs1 or should i buy a dangerous power g3 spec r all i have on my spyder now is a clamping feed neck a halo b compressed are and a cp 14" barrel so wat do u think i should do and if i should upgrade my spyder wat should i upgrade next or should i just get the dangerous power g3 spec r
zebogRKO123 I'm left handed too. I actually self taught myself to shoot right handed in the middle of a game because I realized in the middle of the fire fight because I had to change it up because they started to realize the way I was poping out the left side of my bunker. but this does have some extra tips to improve my switch up skills
@R4g3853 Same exact thing with me. I'm actually better left handed, and I walk the trigger MUCH faster with the left. I absolutely can't do anything else with my left hand, it's useless besides paintball.
get a ruber band and put it in the index and the middle finger and do the finger motion like if you were shooting (a rubber band because u can do that everywhere and your not taking your gun everywhere u go)
Condensation. The air that comes out of you barrel is a different air temperature than what the temperature is outside. Like a water bottle, all the moisture in the outside air comes onto your barrel. They just worry that drops of water will get in their barrel to affect the accuracy of the paintball. Hope this helps!
-Jack
I find I can get near the same results by simply switching shoulders. You can get the same angle by simply switching what shoulder you rest your tank against
Thanks mike, this really helped!
I would recommend using an airsoft gun to train in your backyard. I dont play paintball but honestly this method works just as well and I can shoot off a thousand for a dollar or so. I can now pop around corners easily with my off hand and actually feel comfortable shooting.
Another good piece of advice is to simply get comfortable holding your marker in your left hand. When at the field between games force yourself to carry your gun in your left hand and not your right. Also when at home, walk around with your marker in your left hand. Just do as much as possible to get used to holding it and being comfortable, you don't have to shoot paint.
im starting back up again and u r helping me out sooo much i feel like im ready to pick up a gun and just go to work
@maphic you cant hold the grips with ur right wille walking with the left if u do u have no controll over the gun and if someones coming to gun u down on the other side of the bunker u cant switch
Thanks so much!
@Fondyeti
actually, I'm not a pinokio sponsored player
I just use them because I like them. Evan dropped me from Pinokio sponsorship 6 months ago
thank you so much
When I was on a team in highschool all my friends would have me play the left side of the field because I could play with both hands equally well. The thing you really have to watch out for (at least I did) was to tuck your elbow in. Just like you do with your right. But it is very easy to get lazy and chicken wing out and get shot. This happened to me for a solid 3 months before I really got it down.
good vid mike thanks alot for the advice
man u give great advice i would just like to thank you on my behalf and everyone who watches ur videos for putting ur time into this youtube channel you have helped so many people and you get paintball out there and you help kids get into the sport with your godly advice
sincerely nick
for some reason when i started to attempt to shoot left handed it came so natural to me even though i'm not left handed and really can't use my left hand for anything else and now bout a year later i find myself using my left hand more than my rite while playing paintball
Hands down Willie is the best non pro camera man
I love playing the left side of the field. You can catch so many people off guard.
thanks this really helps because im good with my right but not my left
I practiced this for like 4 days now im almost better in my left thanks mike! lol
I WAS LOOKING FOR THISS!!! and what better to get info from the main guy himself
no, because based on your scenario, you will be shooting on the "inside of the field", you'll be completely exposed to the whole field
@skategod17412
it's a pinokio loader with an exalt speedfeed.
thx again for the tips mike
cool thanks!!!
it feeLs Like a stranger is shooting my gun. hey mike, thanks for the add on myspace!
please do the barrel show!
wow thanks!
thanks for the tips mike. my friends and i all go paintballing and im already left handed. so i showed a bunch of your stuff to my friends and they just completely moved up to the next level.
Mike kicks assssssholios.
Seeing him bash internet nerds is better than watching him bash people on the field.
it´s curious because i am right handed,but i can walk the trigger better with my left hand, i play the guitar so that is why, i have to practice right handed LOL!! Any way i can shoot comfortably from both sided but a little slower on the right side.
im normally right handed, but my right fingers are slow as shit so i learned how to shoot lefty. i can shoot 18 BPS with my off hand but my dominant hand is shit when it comes to walking the trigger.
My left eye is my dominant eye (the one you're supposed to primarily aim down sights with), but my right hand has a fast trigger pull and cadence. I cannot get my left hand to pull the same speeds, I can't even play piano because my left hand doesn't keep rhythm.
It's like when I shoot on my right, I have to push my head out farther so I can see down with my left eye, but when I shoot on my left I can't pull the trigger right. What I've started doing, and I'm sure it's a bad habit, is just switching shoulders but keeping my hands the same. I actually think it makes my exposed portion smaller because I don't have my arm and hand on the outside. Sure, it's a little uncomfortable for my right hand, but I just think it helps me switch sides faster and keep a fast trigger.
kiraanimerawr1 Keep both eyes open, eye dominance has no merit
cashotpb Of course you keep both eyes open, the problem is with being as accurate and fast as I can. Even when you shoot pistols or archery you may not have to close one eye, but you still have to look down your dominant line of sight to shoot accurately.
My main problem is with how I should hold it to use both my strong points. I'd like to hold it so my left eye is the one lining up most of my shots, but my right hand pulls the trigger for speed.
I was born being ambidextrous though for sports I usually use my right hand as a dominant hand but with paintball using both my hands is really comfortable.
people say they dont care. you should because if you are on the left side of the bunker you have to shoot left.
Not sure if you did a video on it, but I have a really big problem sliding with my marker in my off hand.
@shawdabest
I'll have a show up soon
@flipinoyrv i think its because your unused hand its a lot looser than than hand you use for everything. im right-handed but faster with my left too, and I can snap my index against my middle finger and thumb with my left but not my right
what gun is he using? LOOKS FRICKING AWSOME!!!
yeah its wierd for me i shoot real guns right handed but for paintball i walk the trigger better with my left hand. Might be because its an ion and they dont have the best trigger set ups, idk
Is it just me or when you shoot with your right hand it sounds different than when you shoot with your left? Like to me right hand shooting sounds deep like POP POP POP and left hand sounds like pap pap pap (in this video I mean)
This is a really good tip, i just bought my first gun off a good friend and im going to try this!
the only problm i have while shooting lefty is running and shooting while walking the trigger.. i only use one finger when im running and shooting off the break lefty
I just saw a GoPro ad with Skrillex playing in the background.......?
I'm already lefty, but i'm also ambidextrous. I shoot with my left a little better but i can also shoot with my right without it being terrible.
also one thing a guy at my field did is he taped his painter middle and ring fingers together on his right hand so he couldn't shoot with his right and played recball
actually if you play the left side of the field, to look inside you need to shoot right handed
haha thats a good option, but my field doesnt allow ramping :D
im lucky. i can use both hands for anything. and it feels natural in both hands
pro tip- dont use a remote line. it just gets in the way.
Don't listen to this man! The real way to skip ads is to press alt+ f4!
I find myself getting more people out with my left hand because no one expects me to pop left side lol
Good tips. It still bothers me to think about what he did to pbnation
sick jersey mike :P
im guessing that the two things on his mask are his goggle cam mounts right?
Nice jersey !
I shoot faster with my left hand than I do my right hand, even though I'm right handed. I don't understand it, but it sure is nice. :D
Most paintball "instructional videos" over hype the importance of most tips and tricks....this is no exaggeration that it's one of if not the most important skill to learn playing paintball.
The amount of people I see losing kills, time, accuracy, confidence, etc being unable to play on both sides of a bunker is insane on some of the rec games I've played. Most of the time if you can simply get on the weak side of a player you know can't switch hands well or quickly that's all it takes to get another G.
Solid advice, would forward this to all new players for sure.
Personally, the way I learned was to just take my gun... and pretend to shoot at people on tv... very efficient.
do you play in kohn sports in florida because on your other vid pod theif it looked like somewhere i go
i broke my left hand and wrist in a snowboard wreck, and ever since i cant shoot constantly above about 5-6 bps. it sucks
Should I practice with my left hand if I'm blind from my left eye?
I HAVE THE SAME PANTS!!! YAY
At 5:55 mike shoots while switching hands. That ALWAYS happens to me!
well i am in the sport and i have a ego, just the fact paintball fields cost 60+ cad/visit in canada is keeping me out from most of the time, but is there anyway i can practice at my bak yard?
i got forced into shooting off handed because i broke my left wrist years ago and could hold my marker do to the cast
@hockeypb94 ha yeah i drum my fingers on my desk and stuff all the time
took me two weeks to shoot lefty hahaha. i guess some people just get used to it
so i guess it is opposite for people who normally shoot let and need to shoot rite
@flipinoyrv Same here. I walk like a beast with my left, but my right hand is retarded, and I'm right handed. I can't throw a ball or write my name for my life with my left hand.
wuts good for me is i learned how to shoot guns right handed but later figured out i shoot them better left lol
curiously why does everyone wipe there barrel after they do something?
anyway to practice how to parctice popping out the left? everyone knows where to aim because i cant come out the left.
I love this guy lol
How would you do this using a remote line? Would seem really uncomfortable to just switch hands with the coil.
im so proud i have reached the point where i can't tell what my natural hand is ahahaha
So it sounds like I need to practice using my right?
hey mike i kno this is off topic but wat do you think is better should i upgrade my spyder vs1 or should i buy a dangerous power g3 spec r all i have on my spyder now is a clamping feed neck a halo b compressed are and a cp 14" barrel so wat do u think i should do and if i should upgrade my spyder wat should i upgrade next or should i just get the dangerous power g3 spec r
I shoot left already but have trouble with right, this vid should help with that too right?
Yes
Uhh… wouldn't you do the exact same thing?
DUMBASS. (Sorry)
zebogRKO123 I'm left handed too. I actually self taught myself to shoot right handed in the middle of a game because I realized in the middle of the fire fight because I had to change it up because they started to realize the way I was poping out the left side of my bunker. but this does have some extra tips to improve my switch up skills
Hey mike how can I increase my walking speed in my left hand ????
im right handed but i find it easier to shoot left as far an aiming and shooting lol
im right handed, but i shoot with my left hand, its weird but its aweshome lol
I normaly shoot lefty will this still work for trying to learn righty
just how often i have to practice, i'm a casual player so i don't play as often as most of u guys do.
@R4g3853 Same exact thing with me. I'm actually better left handed, and I walk the trigger MUCH faster with the left. I absolutely can't do anything else with my left hand, it's useless besides paintball.
fair enough, guess i haven't been on your site in 6 months :p
I play with my Left Hand Naturally cause of my Left Dominant eye
this makes us left handers feel sad
remember guys, you need to be able to brush your teeth with your left hand to play better..
@FatmanandSkinnyman uh...then youre just ignoring your mirror? and he can just keep movin up the tape...
whats the loader your useing
i can now switch hands great, but im so slow at walking the trigger left, any tips?
@hockeypb94 SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES THAT :D
how is the angel im think of getting that
i think that is the first time katana swore lol
how are you liking the fly?
how was the grass at that place mike?
Is it weird to be able to shoot faster with my left hand than my right hand?
(I'm right-handed)
lol for some reason im right handed but i shoot better with my left hand same with hockey im a lefty in hockey
yea im left handed but i shoot with my right
@djfran123
you also need to learn how to tie your shoes left handed.
Im A Lefty So Right Hand is rarder for me