Dan Kerszencwejg's
Paintball Clinic
Dan "Snack"
Kerszencwejg, one of the players for the 2003 NXL World Champions
"Philadelphia Americans", recently held two paintball
clinic sessions at Three Rivers Paintball Park, Pittsburgh,
PA. The clinics were designed to teach players of various skill
levels a wide range of advanced techniques including snap-shooting,
field reading, gun positioning/set-ups, bunker playing, and
ambidextrous shooting. Participants also ran dozens of drills
to practice one-on-one jousting, shooting while running, and
learning how to handle tough situations such as three on five
or one on three. For the cost of $100, players received use
of an Airball Field, one case of tournament-grade paint, Air/Co2
all day, lunch, and at least six hours of instruction/practice!
No more than 10 players were allowed in each of the two sessions
in order to keep a strong player to instructor ratio.
Dan Kerszencwejg has played competitive paintball for 13 year
and has been on a pro team for seven of those years. Although
Dan is very experienced at playing paintball, this was only
the third clinic he has taught thus far. "It's not easy
to teach different skill levels at a one-day event like this,"
said Kerszencwejg, "so in the future I hope to get one
or two of my "Philadelphia Americans" teammates to
help me so we can divide groups into sections and properly teach
each player in terms of his or her own level of skill and knowledge."
One thing that Dan focuses on is improvement, not necessarily
overall skill. "When I'm teaching a group of players I
don't let them put each other down just because one player may
be more skilled than another… rather, I look at each individual
and try to help them improve on their own scale." Dan added.
Post clinic player interviews reaped a landslide of praise for
Dan Kerszencwejg and the clinic in general! "Even though
my son and I are woods players," said Dr. Jack Leonard,
"we found this clinic to be very helpful because the principles
and skills we learned here also apply to the woods." Other
players made statements such as, "The clinic really helped
me with my game… it was well worth the 100 bucks!"
and "It was awesome to play against a pro!" Most of
the participants said that they especially enjoyed the running/shooting
drills and the two on three scenarios. Players ranged in age
between 15 and 50, and covered a wide variety of skill levels,
yet everyone said that they had a great time learning something
new!
If you are interested in signing up for Dan's next clinic, call
him at 412-601-0800. Contact Three Rivers Paintball Park at
724-775-6232 or visit www.trpaintball.com for a current schedule
of events!
~ Dan Weber
