Since there are guns involved in paintball, many people assume it is a sport that is fraught with injuries. Nothing could be further from the truth. Actually, the reality may surprise you, statistically speaking; there are more injuries in bowling and golf than occur in paintball.

This is in a large part due to the cooperative effort by paintball players, the manufacturers and sellers of equipment promoting safety when playing. Safety is strictly enforced on paintball fields and the vast majority of woodsball and other self regulated team players follow safety rules such as always wearing a helmet and goggles, always having a barrel plug in place when not in play greatly reduces injuries that can occur from paintball gun accidentally discharging. Paintballs are now made to break on impact and they also don't travel at the high velocities they once did.

The speed at which paintballs are allowed to travel in play is strictly monitored at the paintball fields and violation of safety standards isn't tolerated and players who repeatedly ignore the safety regulations are prohibited from playing paintball.

Because of the continued efforts by everything that enjoys the sport of paintball, this game stays safe and fun for all players!