Kids in airsoft

[jcheeseright]

dead men dont talk thou?

no no issues at all with younger players. very entusiastic for the most of it. sometimes does things that make you go "ehurrrrm", but then again so does others.

the worst players are grown ups acting like children. throwing tantrums etc etc.

Dead men don't talk true but at no point did he say he was dead only that he was being shot AT from behind.

 

[sammy7676]

Oh hahaha i mis worded that i wasnt dead, i was just getting shot at

 

[ginger colin]

Hi.. i think you will find most people dont have a problem with kids playing. Kids do tend to ask more questions but thats not a bad thing.

Having run sites/days I have experienced most problems. My best advice to you is listen to the briefings. As you walk out to your first game of the day the idiot that shoots

you in the back for a laugh is the one that will cause the most problems. I say to people to play fair or take your petrol money and go home. Marshalls are there to help, use them.

I dont know how others feel about this but I have seen a few people at sites pretending to be dead walking up to people at point blank and shooting them. I even saw someone walking with this gun in the air, walked up to a group and sprayed them. Each time could have caused an accident.

Im thinking of running a range day and half hour skirmish for 12 year olds. Im trying to consider every problem I could face

Safety Brief

5 desks,3 Pistols, 3 shotguns,5 aegs, 3 support weapons, 3 snipers

Name the gun and its role... ie cqb

test fire at targets

De brief and award best shot.

Best shot gets to throw a dynatec BFG in to a building

Attack and defend simple objective skirmish....throw a few smokes and nades for effect

Its for 12 year old so low fps

The best part of the day for me will the pub at 5pm but any tips would be appreciated

 

[Nickona]

Insurance could be fun with that

 

[TacMaster]

Hmmmm, a U18 using a BFG? Seeing as U18s aren't allowed to use pyros, the insurance would be happy with that.

Then again, in the various cadet services we're trusted with firearms...but idk.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Insurance could be fun with that

and then some... you'll have to supply full face masks at the very least. I'd say that the only other place where hits are likely to leave painful injuries that will still bug them a while after is on the fingers. Those gloves with the plastic armour on the backs are pretty cheap and very effective.

Other than that, you probably already know and ring leaders, bullies, etc. The absolute last thing you need is some little toerag trying to rise up the pecking order by shooting "the unpopular kid" at close range... you could always mention that airsoft is a game of honour, glance meaningfully at a sniper rifle, and add that what goes around comes around...

I have a feeling that there are extra legal ramifications to the waiver when it's kids' parents signing it, like that puts you in loco parentis or something, so you need to have a full on risk assessment including any of the plagues little'uns can be laid low by and a designated ambulance caller, first aider, first aid kit, fire officer, fire drill, know where the fire gear is, bla de bla...

It might be best to try to get an existing youth club or something like that interested.

 

[remus]

far as hit taking goes one of our marshals carrys an aeg with him, if he hears of someone not taking their hits he watches them. if hes not sure he shoots them himself, and will then go up to them and tell them off. happens again off the pitch. seems to be quite effective with anyone in his vicinity, course in a large field... also saying 12 years old is very specific, youd likely be better 'an introduction to airsoft day, for teenagers/12-16' or some such. also for each new person at briefing should really be shot at short range at some point so you can got it hurts right, so try not to full auto someone at short range... also everyone has a different opinoion on short range so a rough representation rather than same room/building might help...

 

[two_zero]

Dead men don't talk true but at no point did he say he was dead only that he was being shot AT from behind.

My bad, language problem^^

Hmmmm, a U18 using a BFG? Seeing as U18s aren't allowed to use pyros, the insurance would be happy with that.

Then again, in the various cadet services we're trusted with firearms...but idk.

no BFGs unless you're 18. Might be wrong, but quite sure you have to sign not to let under 18s use them when you buy VFG. Every site I have skirmished on you need to be 18 for BFGs... If you're under 18, just get tornados? *shurgs*

Cadets have nothing to do with airsoft.

 

[Alex The Destroyer]

Hmmmm, a U18 using a BFG? Seeing as U18s aren't allowed to use pyros, the insurance would be happy with that.

Then again, in the various cadet services we're trusted with firearms...but idk.

ambush allows BFG's for under 18s.

 

[Nickona]

BFG aren't technically pyro so probably aren't classed as a firework under law

 

[Alex The Destroyer]

BFG aren't technically pyro so probably aren't classed as a firework under law

exactly, how the head marshel explained it was "If you have to strike it, You can't light it!"

 

[Tariq]

BFG aren't technically pyro so probably aren't classed as a firework under law

You're using 1 explosive (primer) to ignite a secondary explosive. What's not pyro about it

 

[Nickona]

What I mean is its not like a firework like normal pyro is so probably wouldn't be classed as such under law, i may be wrong but going on assumptions. Basically it doesn't have a fuse

 

[Tariq]

You need to be 18 to purchase blanks, im sure its the same with using them.

 

[rexfan10]

well you have to be 18 to buy a firearm but can be gifted one at 14 and use it on private land without supervision.... but then again, like has already been said, this is airsoft and there is insurance etc.

 

[Ian_Gere]

My bad, language problem^^

I have one of those. I have the working vocabulary to express myself without swearing, but 'weak language' is just not as satisfying, nor does it usually carry sufficient emotional weight. Swearing has become so habitual however that I rarely notice beforehand when 'strong language' is likely to surprise or offend. I'd never thought of it before but my gob is a Parental Advisory issue :blink: :lol:

 

[two_zero]

I have one of those. I have the working vocabulary to express myself without swearing, but 'weak language' is just not as satisfying, nor does it usually carry sufficient emotional weight. Swearing has become so habitual however that I rarely notice beforehand when 'strong language' is likely to surprise or offend. I'd never thought of it before but my gob is a Parental Advisory issue :blink: :lol:

well, rather than f-word you can always use "EAT 6MM PLASTIC, FOE!!!"

 

[Ian_Gere]

If I wanted to I could, for instance, say, "Our opponents represent the nadir of base perfidy and even now micturate at the thought of our imminent arrival. Let us therefore gird our loins for battle and hesitate not one picosecond, nor grant quarter, but instead immediately disburse nothing but that which entrains shameful perambulation!", without having to look any of it up for meaning...

It's just that, "For fcuk's sake! C'mon, let's get the wankers!", rolls off my tongue not only easier but with more conviction

 

[sammy7676]

^ XD Made my day lol

 

[TacMaster]

Cadets have nothing to do with airsoft.

The whole point was that we're trusted with a mechanism which can hurl a bullet at 1000s of m/s, so that's not so bad when compared to U18s using BFGs. Just me looking at it from both sides of the argument again; but pay attention to the context of things people say, don't come out with somthing like that which just shows yourself jumping to conclusions