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Head Coach - 'Kiko' from The Real Pinoy...
21 February 2010 – 36 serious participants made their way to Red
Dynasty Paintball Park at 10am on a hot Sunday morning. So
serious that some turned up at 9am and that one came after his
night-shift work without catching a wink. All were very serious;
serious in attaining their common objective, ie. to learn from
the best and friendliest instructor in Singapore – Mr Kiko.
Mention the name Kiko to a local paintballer and most would know
the humble chap at Red Dynasty Paintball Park but do not let his
smiling face mask his extraordinary skills in the field. The
moment anyone lets his guard down in the field against Kiko,
they can only be home nursing their bruised body and ego.
The Basic Paintball Course is set up with the aim to introduce
tournament paintball to the locals and provide an avenue for
keen participants to learn paintball from the very fundamentals.
A professional player from NBA, Larry Bird, once quoted – First
master the fundamentals. Strong fundamentals were the emphasis
of the day as Kiko strongly believed that one could only be good
and successful if one focused on the fundamentals, always.
The
course started with a nice round of warm-up runs and stretching
led by Sofie, player from Team Red West, for all which probably
served as a reminder to some that they might want to work on
their fitness. After a good round of explanation on the
importance of adopting a good shooting posture, the participants
were divided into groups which were co-led by some of the
volunteer members of Red Sevens. On-the-spot adjustments of the
participants’ postures were made which led to a marked
improvement in the new participants and gave the rest a better
awareness of their own postures. Kiko, assisted by Ben, Gerald,
Paul and Jane, went on to introduce the concept of snap-shooting
to the participants of the course. Snap-shooting was a critical
fundamental to teach, to learn and to constantly work on in
paintball. The drills ended off with some jousting and the final
segment of the day was the surprise. Kiko tossed some freebies
sponsored by Paintballers World and Red Dynasty Paintball Park
to the participants. There were much camaraderie amongst the
participants as Kiko closed the course in high spirits with a
traditional paintball cheer and group photo.
Words by Jane 'ELLE' Koh
Red Sevens (Singapore)
www.redsevenspaintball.com
Links to Red Sevens Sponsors:
www.dyepaintball.com ;
www.facebook.com/DyePrecisionInc
www.paintballersworld.com
www.weplaypaintball.com
;
www.weplaypaintball.com/forum
www.kchlpaintball.com
www.sports360.com.sg
www.furiouspaintball.com
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