Paintball Club Basics

 Paintball Club Basics

When making your own club, there are basic things to consider, such as ground rules, meeting times, procedures for doing things and, of course, finding a regular meeting place.

Get people to join your club. Ask around at your school and post on social media pages. You might consider making flyers that you can pass out or leave at your school, sporting goods store, paintball store, and paintball field.

Name your club. Have your group brainstorm and come up with different names and vote on their favorite. You can research different names online. Have fun with it!

Create a calendar. Put all of the club meeting dates, locations, and trips on it. Apps like google calendar allow you to share a calendar so you're all on the same page (no pun intended). You should consider having a scheduled "planning meeting" so you and all of your club members can plan together when things should happen.

Find a regular place to meet. In our last blog we suggested having your club at your middle school, high school, or college. However, if this is not an option you can try to contact your local library, Teen Center, Community Center, or Church.

Have an end goal in mind. What do you want to achieve from this club? Do you want to play paintball for fun ? Do you want to start a team ? Do you want to enter into some tournaments ? Do you want to attend a big scenario game ? Or play paintball at events that help raise money for charitable causes?

Will you need fundraising? Decide if your end goal and steps to it will cost you money. If so, brainstorm what fundraisers your club can do. Car wash ? Ask friends, family, and neighbors to sponsor you. You can do odd jobs for them such as washing their car, mowing their lawn, cleaning out the gutters, shoveling snow, trimming bushes,or cleaning spider webs out of hard to reach areas.

Don't hesitate to ask anyone for help and suggestions. Allow time for questions and suggestions from your club members. The club will be more enjoyable if you let them speak up and share their opinions.