Ive found first person shooters too be beneficial for working out strategy
and awareness in paintball games. Although your aim and phyical movements
are not trained playing video games, ive played paintball with friends of
mine that i usually game with, and we've ended up doing somewhat better than
the other weekend warrior rec ball players. I feel that the tactical
learning curve can be overcome playing games like America's Army.

The link below is an article that in some ways confirms my observations.

http://www.boston.com/business/techn.../war_games_20/

e wrote:
> Ive found first person shooters too be beneficial for working out
strategy
> and awareness in paintball games. Although your aim and phyical
movements
> are not trained playing video games, ive played paintball with
friends of
> mine that i usually game with, and we've ended up doing somewhat
better than
> the other weekend warrior rec ball players. I feel that the tactical
> learning curve can be overcome playing games like America's Army.
>
> The link below is an article that in some ways confirms my
observations.
>
>
http://www.boston.com/business/techn.../war_games_20/

i'm pretty sure it does.
maybe the new paintball game will also (but i'm not buying it because
that's $50 i could spend on paint)
things such as halo and full spectrum warrior will make you learn
tactics for circling around and such. for woodsball it will be fraking
awesome. (not sure it will help too much in spedball)
playing online with your friends you ball with will probably help you
coordinate teamwork and communication (i prefer hand signals though but
voice is fun also)