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Speedball players tend to use smaller guns or "markers", to expose less of themselves to avoid being marked out.

To succeed in this format one must gain individual skills and teamwork such as aggressive movement and non-stop communication. Because of the small size of the field and the small bunkers, both teams easily see each other, so this type of paintball is based on aggressiveness, marker handling, strategic movements, and communication. Players also wear different attire. Speedballers do not need to wear camouflage, so they opt to wear brightly colored jerseys and pants. Professional teams usually would wear matching jerseys containing names of different sponsors sponsoring their team and sometimes their team name.

Front players are the pawns in speedball. They are typically fast and small, and take most of the field at the start of the game. They shoot very little compared to a back player but are the main source of eliminations, usually stationed in two types of bunkers: the snake or dorito. Mid players are the "plan b" of a paintball team, usually playing an insert position where if a front player were to get shot out they would fill into their spot and take over the front players role. Mid players will also relay information that starts from the back players (having the best field of vision) to the front players (with relatively low field of vision). Back players' main goal is to protect the front players and relay information to the entire team. They are the ones that are shooting hoppers of paint at the start of the game hoping to lane the opposing front players. Back players come on the field with upwards of 7-10 pods and shooting hundreds or even thousands of paintballs. At the beginning of the match the players start at their side. If they are front players they will crouch down to get ready to run. If they are back they will walk to a bunker while giving cover fire.

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