Thanks to the great relationship of the teams training at Bricketwood Paintball and our fantastic owner/coach Darren we got Jason Wheeler from London Nexus to close the season with a last Pro-Clinic in 2011 on the 6th November. It was a great opportunity to get the heads ready for Samurai MV looking at next season – but just as useful for all our sister teams that were attending this training.
It was a great day with an early start – warm-up, drills and 3vs.3 games before lunch. Following lunch we continued with some RaceTo2 format games back to back, to put into action what we had learned that day – until we all ran out of paint. After this really good but exhausting session, Jason actually took another 30-45 minutes speaking about “5-man” tournament style paintball vs. “X-Ball/Race To” tournament style paintball. It was an absolute privilege listening from one of the best players in the UK about what Nexus do to prepare for a new field layout before a tournament:
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What time/action go into preparation
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Detailed list of process on and off the field – tricks and tips on what to look out for
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What sideline coaches should and shouldn’t do
I think the entire group of teams that Samurai Paintball had down that weekend were well impressed and have a much better grasp on what is on the plan for 2012 – and especially us from MV know it will be quite a stretch to keep up … but I think it will be just as much fun. As Jason said “The good thing about this sport, like many other sports is – you get out of it, what you put into it” – and I think we will be putting in loads.
Since I don’t want to blur this post with our last training with other admin things that are currently happening – I’ll leave it as this for now and give you all an update later this week.
Jason – Thanks again for your help and time and good luck for your plans in 2012! =)
James Riley 
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