With the 2008 X-Ball season just around the corner All Star Paintball Arena had decided to start up a brand new team to compete in the upcomming season. The team captains, Joe and myslef along with the team owner Dave, had decided that we wanted to build a team that could do way more then just compete and do well. We were starting this team to sweep the X-Ball events and place top 5 consistently.
Starting a brand new X-Ball team is never easy, X-Ball is an extremely difficult style of paintball to play and especially win. However Joe, Dave, and myself that with the right combination of players, hard work, and dedication to getting better, our dream of building a powerhouse paintball team could happen.
Now having, the team name, a home feild, and a solid plan to build up this team, it was time to put in work. The first step;finding the right combination of players.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Try Outs
Now having decided that putting this team together was a great idea, the next step was finding the right players to build a winning team. My self and the other captain Joe posted a forum on the internet that we were looking for dedicated and talented players. After only a few days the thread was being blown up by alot of people posting that they wanted to tryout. Joe and I were excited for the date of the tryout, however things didn't go as we expected.
When the day for tryouts finally rolled around, not that many people showed up, also for the few that did only a select few had the talent we were looking for. Joe and myself had decided that out of the 12 people that showed up only 2 tryouts were asked to come back for a private practice. There names were Matty and Bobby.
The problem with building a solid X-Ball team is that in order to be able to win, the team must consist of strong players, and for a short while Joe and I as well as the team owner were having doubts about if this team would make it.
Lucky for us as a few more weeks had passed by we picked up a few more players;who all looked strong and seriously ready to win. We had picked up Matt, Joe, Mike, Steve, Tom, and Dave. Not only did the team pick up some more players, as practices passed we all started to come together and started looking like a very good team. The kind of team that could win.
When the day for tryouts finally rolled around, not that many people showed up, also for the few that did only a select few had the talent we were looking for. Joe and myself had decided that out of the 12 people that showed up only 2 tryouts were asked to come back for a private practice. There names were Matty and Bobby.
The problem with building a solid X-Ball team is that in order to be able to win, the team must consist of strong players, and for a short while Joe and I as well as the team owner were having doubts about if this team would make it.
Lucky for us as a few more weeks had passed by we picked up a few more players;who all looked strong and seriously ready to win. We had picked up Matt, Joe, Mike, Steve, Tom, and Dave. Not only did the team pick up some more players, as practices passed we all started to come together and started looking like a very good team. The kind of team that could win.
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