The Author: Dave Norman began playing in 1996 at Wacky Warriors in Millstadt , Illinois.
In his first game he charged three players with a rental Tippmann SL68 pump and got lit up in grand style.
Standing there dripping paint and stinging, he laughed like a madman and fell headlong in love with paintball.
Five years later he started writing for Action Pursuit Games magazine, discovered stock play at Xtreme Paintball Park, abandoned his other professional aspirations, and became a “paintball journalist.”

Dave’s articles appear in Action Pursuit Games, Facefull, Paintball Sports, Paintball Magazine, Warpig.com, and newspapers, literary magazines, and travel magazines around the country. 501 Paintball Tips, Tricks, and Tactics is the culmination of more than a decade’s experience as a player and seven years as a paintball journalist. Dave has published more than 500 paintball articles, including many on the subjects covered in this book.

He writes articles on improving your safety and that of those around you, honing your practical skills, cleaning and repairing an ever-increasing number of markers, outwitting your opponents, and living up to your potential as an athlete. Dave also covers scenario and tournament events around the world, including the NPPL, PSP, Oklahoma D-Day, SPPL, the Invasion of Normandy, TTPL, Castle Conquest, NEPL, PALS, and just about everything else.

He is a tireless advocate for paintball and publishes articles on our sport in the mainstream media, including online and print resources. In 2001 he traveled to Wisconsin , along with other industry advocates, to testify before the state legislature and helped win a ruling that protects paintball players throughout the state.