5 Great Paintball Courses In The United States

Since paintball has grown at an amazing rate as a sport in the United States, no matter where you live you should have no trouble finding a number of paintball courses you enjoy playing on.  These courses are abundant in practically every state and every fairly large city.  Some of them will even offer paintball classes for those who are either beginners or just want to learn to be better players.

What are paintball courses actually like?  Well, they can span the scope from wooded areas, to open fields, to fields strewn throughout with props like old cars, fake buildings, tanks and many other things.  The props are only limited by the creator's imagination.  And something you might not know, there are paintball fields where no guns are used.  Then what do you use?, you might ask, well you use paint-filled balloons and throw them at each other.  And it can be darn good fun too!

Below are listed the 5 best paintball courses in the US as recommended by people who have played them and know the paintball course layout:

1. Skirmish USA --  Here is a vast array of 48 different playing fields stretched out across 700 acres.  Every single one of their fields include plenty of props like woods, villages, planes, tanks, and even castles.  The layout of their paintball courses are fantastic and they also boast a tournament complex and a speedball arena.

2. Old River Paintball --  This place can be found in Ocklawaha, Florida.  Situated on 40 acres of land, it has 12 different paintball courses with several types of games offered including Speedball, Hyperball and Airball.  Another advantage of playing their paintball courses is that they have an onsite Air Station so that you can refill your tanks.

3.  Advanced Alabama Adventures (AAA) -- Operating since 1989 they are in Birmingham, Alabama.  There are only 7 playing fields, but they are constantly changing the course layouts to give you a more thrilling playing experience.  Also, they test their fields regularly and change fields that aren't as frequently used as some others to improve them for the players.

4. Paintball USA -- With more than 113 acres and a total of 9 playing fields, they know how to keep your playing experience interesting and fun.  There are two speedball fields and four wooded fields.  They use bunkers like wooden teepees and drums, and they have Scenario games as well.

5. N5 Paintball -- This company may be last on my very short list, but they are by no means the least among paintball courses.  Located in McLoud, Oklahoma, they come highly recommended by many happy paintballers who say they've had a worthwhile and fun experience playing the fields here, thanks to the friendly staff who will go out of their way to make your visit a pleasant one.  Among the fields they have are two speedball fields, a wooded field and a spool field.

Now that we've discussed paintball courses, let's briefly get into what is a good airsoft  course for beginners.  Basically there are three main types of airsoft courses:

1. Open Terrain/Open Area

2. Close Quarters, Indoors

3. Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT)

The best airsoft course for beginners is the open terrain.  The other two types of courses require at least minimal experience before attempting them, especially the MOUT course, which is difficult even for experienced players.

And that about sums it up.  So you can go ahead and get started.  Now you have some suggestions on where to play some great paintball courses and which airsoft course to attempt to learn on.