Raw / Uncut write up “Getting The Season Started”
It seems like this has been the longest off-season I have ever had. I think thats because I have taken more time off from actually playing than any previous year. This isn’t because I was losing interest or content with our World Cup win – not even close – but because I have been working The post Raw / Uncut write up “Getting The Season Started” appeared first on Marcello Margott.
It seems like this has been the longest off-season I have ever had. I think thats because I have taken more time off from actually playing than any previous year. This isn’t because I was losing interest or content with our World Cup win – not even close – but because I have been working on a few other projects that have consumed most of my time. After World Cup my season was still far from over. I traveled to Malaysia, Australia, and Peru to teach and compete in paintball tournaments and help spread the paintball love.
You could say since the NXL World Cup win I have been floating on quite a high. From beautiful travel in far away lands to tasting victory in foreign countries – to teaching my passion to hungry players; the last few months have been excellent. Congruent with all this back to back travel I was also working on my latest project “PAINTBALL IQ”. I originally wanted to have it released in November but as this was my first time writing an ebook I wasn’t aware of all the obstacles that would come my way. What I thought would be a fairly easy process proved to be a grueling and challenging experience. My stubbornness wouldn’t allow me to put anything out that I felt was incomplete so I kept pushing back my deadline. This being my first published piece of work I really wanted it to fit the vision I had for it. My vision was to be able to put together a well written piece that would instantly help the reader become a better paintball player. I wanted to find a way to explain things beyond the fundamentals, which are very important, but in my opinion not as important as experience.
Experience only comes from years of practice, failure, success, and learning – which I have done for 16 years. I envisioned writing something that breaks down the mental aspect of the game to give the reader a better understanding of how to win a paintball match. Paintball is a game of chess and in all of my clinics I do my best to teach HOW to play and WHY. I like to teach people how to think on the field and put them in position to capitalize when opportunities present themselves. The process was long and often went into the wee hours of the morning but I knew it would be well worth the wait.
Shortly before christmas I wrapped up the season with my last set of paintball seminars down in Peru. It was time for me to take a little break from the noise and put everything on hold for the holidays. I spent Christmas with my family and got to host Christmas Eve at my place for the first time which was an absolutely awesome experience. Minus the cleaning up part.. Us Italians sure do know how to make a mess in the kitchen! After Christmas I went on a two week trip island hopping through the Caribbean. I disconnected from social media and enjoyed the true meaning of vacation, “no worries!”. However I can’t sit still for long and two weeks was more than enough time to come home feeling extremely charged up and ready to get the season started. I returned January 9th and immediately got to work on finishing PAINTBALL IQ as well as starting my training program.
In 2016 fitness is going to play an important role on the style of paintball I want to play. I haven’t picked up a gun in 6 weeks which feels like 6 years but I have been in the gym non-stop working on my speed, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Paintball is a sport that definitely rewards flexibility and the more flexible you are the more you are able to get away with on the paintball field. Often players have to manipulate their bodies to avoid getting shot and if you are stiff it will make it very difficult to do so. Not to mention it is one of the best ways to prevent injuries! We have our first practice this weekend against Houston Heat and Los Angeles Ironmen which I couldn’t be more excited for. I have been itching to play and get out on the field with the boys in blue. Seriously, going to Dynasty practice is like hanging out with your buddies during lunch in high school. It’s just really fun when we are all together. I can’t wait to hear Alex Fraiges jokes this weekend.. I know he will be full of them! I am going to get some cool videos for my youtube channel this and plan on releasing them by Sunday night so stay tuned and find out how our practice went! More blogs to come as the season gets underway!
Marcello Margott
San Diego Dynasty
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