Roadcrew Review

why train?

we run into a lot of players who love to play, and hate to train. this is just an observation, but it seems that the more money someone spends on their gear, the more they hate it (just a generalization based on my observations, don't lose your minds now)
this comes down to a basic problem I'm seeing with the sport. so many people ARE their equipment, I'm not saying they lean on it, it's all they are. I probably just lost any reader who needed to hear this, but I'm gonna type it anyway.
ask yourself some questions. How good an airsoft player am I? how much effectiveness do I lose without high cap magazines? mid caps (real cap only)? take away the A.E.G. how good are you now? I'm getting at an old saying, "If you are not good enough without it, are you ever enough with it?"
most players hate to train, because it forces them to realize that they can be better, and boy do they hate acknowledging they might not be god's gift to airsoft. many players hit that "pretty good" level of play and believe that it's the best it can get, then their abilities slip. how many times in the world of sports, has a number one draft pick been a disappointment because of his own laziness or complacency with his abilities (Oakland, anybody?)
Airsoft is a hobby, and a sport. either way you approach it, it takes work. I've played with guys who take a "train as you play" approach, and it doesn't work. imagine a military where you signed up, they handed you gear, and just dropped you into a combat zone, your C.O. mumbling something about "you'll figure it out" as he closes the door. how effective a military is that? or a sports team that played games, but didn't practice... at all.

and when atheletes train, they work the basics. and that's what needs to be done in airsoft.
so don't gripe about limited ammunition for an event. (if the rules are the same for all sides, nobody has an unfair advantage. the only advantage is the ability to make shots count...and if you're the one bitching. i have to assume you can't)
I recommend tuning low-tec games, springer only, springers and gas guns, games to hammer fundamentals, you can play and train, you just have to play the right games.
i get out there, and I see players who are good no matter what they bring on to the field. I am not one of those player's yet, but i'm working on it. Bjorn is. Bjorn will walk out with nothing but knives and leave a squad of four with A.E.G's shaking in their booties (because he'll kill them. He'll kill them dead)
on this note, i have to give a nod to K-zoo air. they train... almost too much. and it shows! at Nine Hammers, they were out numbered 10 to 1, and handed everyone their asses!
that day I heard a lot of people give their "if only's" to explain why they weren't performing. "if only I could use more high caps" "if only i had an ares" "If only i could find (insert team name here), we'd go kick some ass." nobody in K-zoo air had these problems. and if they did, they dealt with it. because they trained for it.
Now we here at the Road Crew Review have been, and will continue to harp on training. we are going to be training some rookies as soon as spring breaks, so it's on our minds. stay sharp.
Bishop out.