People are always asking me how to get better at balling. I always tell them to go out to a commercial field where there are a lot of experienced players and to play those guys. For the timid, that route never seems to get taken. You can’t get better without getting beat down.

 

An alternative, though not as effective, is to watch other players or to check out an instructional how-to tape. Marty Bush Paintball just came out with a new DVD series beginning with the first one called The Basics.

 

Marty Bush Paintball is a new enterprise created by Marty Bush. For those of you that don’t know Marty Bush, let me tell you, he was an assassin to the word. A straight up killer that would turn your goggles into orange with one shot and humiliate you in front of all the (or lack of) spectators. Marty was winning tournaments while the kids on Dynasty were still in diapers. If you admire the play of Oliver Lang, you can thank Marty for his aggressive style.

 

His history dates mainly with the old Ironmen when Bob Long and Dave Youngblood Dehaan played on the team (now the LA Ironmen of the NXL). The Ironmen of old were the base model of controlled aggression and winning events. Marty was a huge leader on that team, retiring at the top of his game after winning both series title and the World Cup in 2000. To win both Cup and the series title was unheard of until the SC Ironmen did it. There have also been many offers of coaching from other high profile teams.

 

Marty starts off the video with a little history about himself and gives tips on what gear to get, what to look for in a marker, shooting, how to one-ball and how to move. The Basics is really what it states. Everything that Marty brings up is the basic knowledge and skills that a baller needs to build a firm foundation on.