Vitebsk once again gathers paintball enthusiasts

September 17, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The final V stage of the international paintball rating series "Master-League Belarus-2009" will be held in Vitebsk on September 19-20, Denis Kovalev, one of the stage organizers and head of the "Kelt" paintball club, told a BELTA correspondent. 28 teams from Belarus and Russia will play in the "adult Zarnitsa" in Vitebsk, and representatives from Ukraine will be part of the judging panel. Along with professionals, amateurs and beginners will also take part in the competition. For the second time this year, Vitebsk is hosting the best paintball clubs from Russia and Belarus. As the interlocutor emphasized, this is not about recreational (entertainment) paintball, but about sports paintball - a more spectacular and technical game that is played only in stadiums. Special inflatable structures, which are installed on the sports field, serve as peculiar defensive walls and tactical objectives for the players. The game format involves competition among teams of professionals, amateurs, and beginners. Youth activists from the BRSM assisted the organizers in forming the beginner teams. The essence of the competition is to eliminate as many opponents as possible within a certain period of time by hitting them with capsules from a marker. In sports paintball, unlike recreational and tactical paintball, as soon as a participant gets a colored mark, they are considered eliminated from the game. Paintball players are equipped with special gear, which includes a suit, mask, and helmet. The cost of professional equipment and game weapons, according to Denis Kovalev, is about 3 thousand euros. Shooting at an opponent is done with capsules containing food dyes from special pneumatic weapons - markers. The rate of fire can sometimes reach 15 shots per second. In the overall standings among professionals, the "Minsk-United" team is currently leading with 398 points. By the way, this team is participating in the European paintball championship and is among the top five leaders. The Vitebsk team "White Dews" (395 points) holds second place based on the results of the four stages of the "Master-League Belarus-2009" series - they are favorites of the Russian Open Paintball Championship. Thus, the fight for victory promises to be intense. In addition to titles and diplomas, the winner will receive a prize from a company that produces paintball equipment - full team equipment and its technical equipment, including a supply of shooting capsules. Holding the stage of the international rating series in Vitebsk will contribute to the development of paintball in Belarus and the popularization of a healthy lifestyle, the interlocutor is confident. Paintball is a team game and a technical sport. According to psychologists, paintball should primarily be recommended as a team game that develops tactical thinking. And medics have found that during the game, a large amount of adrenaline is produced in the human body, followed by a release of the biologically active substance dopamine in the brain, which determines the ability to enjoy life. The body begins to produce the hormone serotonin, which regulates vascular tone. In combination, dopamine and serotonin stimulate the nervous system as relaxants-antidepressants. The competitions are organized by the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, the Vitebsk City Organization of the BRSM, and the "Kelt" paintball club. -0-