Das Paintballhaus

PAINTBALL is a team sport. Two teams play against each other with 5 - 10 players each. The opponents are "marked" with the help of compressed air and gas pressure markers. Marking means that the player has been hit by an opponent's colored ammunition and has to leave the field.

HISTORY

The name paintball is derived from the color ammunition, which consists of food paint and has a gelatin coat for strengthening. A term for paintball that is used colloquially in the United States is Gotcha. However, the term "PAINTBALL" is internationally recognized and familiar. PAINTBALL (then Gotcha at that time) started as a bet in America in 1981 with air pressure guns for cattle marking. Prevented for the time being as a sport, the sport came to the public in 1992 through the first television broadcasts of tournaments and the 1996 World Championships. The paintball sport is spreading steadily. Today, over 8 million people in over 100 countries play paintball.