Everyone wishes they can get paid to do something they love. People dream of playing professional soccer or basketball and making a living.
The same is true for those who love paintball. Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually become a professional paintball player? You’d get paid to compete in paintball tournaments on a regular basis.
And you’d likely get sponsored by the top paintball brands, which means free gear and sponsorship checks.
It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But it’s not. There are professional paintball players out there who earn a handsome living just by playing and living paintball.
And you could be next. Keep reading to learn how to become a professional paintball player so you can earn money playing paintball, your favorite thing to do.
Practice Weekly
The first step is the most obvious. You need to become really, really good at playing paintball. That means you need to be playing a minimum of two days per week, every day for at least a year.
You need to commit to becoming the best player in your town, region, and eventually state. When people in your area think of good paintball players, you need to be top of mind. This doesn’t happen by chance.
Commit to becoming the best, then put in the time and effort to make it happen.
Compete in Professional Paintball Tournaments
Once you are confident in your abilities, it’s time to start playing in tournaments. You want to play in every tournament you can find, in-state or out of state.
Paintball tournaments are happening all the time. If you can start playing in and winning tournaments, you can begin to get noticed and may get invited to join an amateur or pro team. Check out paintballdeals.com for a list of the most important paintball tournaments to participate in.
Build an Audience
Want to make a living as a pro paintball player? One of the best ways to do this is to earn sponsorship deals. You can speed up your way to sponsorship deals by building a social media following.
Whether it’s on Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok, or another new network, you need to be creating content on a regular basis and building a following. The bigger audience you can build, the more attention you’ll receive from paintball brands.
Working with brands means getting lots of free gear, from clothing to equipment. You get to rep this gear any time you play paintball, as well as when you create content.
In exchange for simply wearing and using the gear from your sponsors, you’ll earn monthly sponsorship checks. That’s right, you can even earn money without winning tournaments.
Of course, you’ll still want to participate in tournaments, as that’s where the most opportunity lies.
Making It to the Big Leagues
Sure, there’s more that goes into playing professional paintball, but this is your starting point. The most important thing is to develop your skills and participate in every competition you can.
When you do that, you’ll get noticed and soon be invited to play alongside the true professionals. And it only goes up from there.
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