If you live near a facility that has a paintball field, you don't have to have a team or even a partner to play your first game of paintball.

Check with the facility before you make the trip out there, but most paintball fields will let you do something called a "walk-on". Paintball fields will vary in the general make up. Some look like fields with tall grasses and trees, other look like military bunkers and still other paintball fields are a mixture of the former two.

Be honest and tell whomever you talk to at the paintball field this will be your first game and find out what equipment you need and what equipment you can rent. Many paintball fields will have rentals but you want to get your own equipment as soon as possible. There will be different pricing at different paintball fields.

Some facilities will require you to use their paint and this is for safety reasons as older paintballs get tough and do not break as easily and tend to sting a little upon impact. Also, it is a way to raise revenue for the upkeep of the fields. Definitely purchase your own paintballs to have on hand. There is a huge selection here are Total Paintball Gear and you won't always play paintball exclusively on a field. After you get your safety gear and your first gun, you'll be chomping at the bit to gather your friends for a game of woodsball at any time!

If the field near you allows walk-ons, be polite and still ask the other players if you can join a game, most paintball teams are always glad to have one more person and you will most likely make some new friends to go play on a field or woodsball with.