John --Tell us who you are, how old are you, how you got started in paintball, and what your first gun was.Alex -- My name's Alejandro Zanella, you should know, I'm your cousin... I live in Florida, but I'm mexican, I'm 26 and I think like basically everybody else, my first experience with paintball was for my birthday in like eigth grade. My first gun was a one-piece Phantom pump.
John -- How did you end up playing for Miami Dynasty?
Alex -- To make a long story short, I started playing paintball with a team that I created with my friends, we were called "SPARTANS" and we were only 5 members, one day we were playing at a field in AJUSCO, Mexico City and some guys asked us to join their "amateur team". Nobody joined them except me. I was the new guy but gained experience with tons of practice. Our team, now called "Final Anthrax", decided to play a tournament called PSP (Paintball Sports Promotions) in Florida... One year later I was selected by the Miami Dynasty Team, winning tournaments and living with a lot of adrenaline ever since...
John -- Tell us about your coach, he seems to be very important to you.
Alex -- He is the man. He's the only person I've ever met in my life that doesn't play the game but has as much heart for it as all the guys on the team, with maybe the exception of my mom. He does everything for us, anything we need he takes care of, he made me love the sport.
John -- He is known to explode in anger sometimes, what's with that?
Alex -- Again man, it's all about heart. My coach is a really nice guy and is super easy to get along with, it's just that he wears his heart on his sleeve and wants to win so bad he loses control sometimes...
John -- Tell us about the Miami Dynasty sponsors and what do they do for you.
Alex -- Our main sponsors are smart parts, draxxus. Obviously SP hooks us up with guns, barrels, tanks, clothes, pads all kinds of stuff. Basically everything they make. Draxxus gives us millions of bullets to shoot throughout the year and it's quality stuff. Other people that help us out are travis at CP, they honestly make the best trigger I've ever used for the shocker, and he takes care of us with all sorts of odds and ends, he's cool.
John-- Back to you, what positions do you typically play on the field and give us 3 tips on how to play that position.
Alex -- It depends, in 7-man I typically play one of the corners or insert from the back. If I'm inserting it's kind of like I see an opening on one side or the other and fill to that side, basically wherever I'm needed for defensive or attack purposes. If I'm in a corner I fight my wire, wrap as much as possible and help the front guys move up the field and get all the glory.When your mirror is dead in a corner NEVER look inside, wrap and win that side of the field. It's just like x-ball in the sense where you want to use that leverage and blow down that side of the field. In OC I saw a very respected pro player in a corner with no mirror and he kept looking inside at the snake and let the other team fill the corner, stupid basic mistake. In X-ball I play insert too but it's a little different. Basically for x-ball I key one side or the other and pretty-much decide which side of the field I need to fill out to. If we're powering a particular side for example and I see that we lost a guy off the non-power side as long as the other guy is in the corner I'll usually still go to the power side. If however it's a pretty normal break (2 guys on each side) but we lose for example one of our dorito guys early I'll look to fill to that side. If all of our guys get to their spots then I just kind of wing it, but I try to get out of the back center in the first 15 seconds or so.
John -- That's impressive. Now, What do you like and dislike about paintball?
Alex -- Wow that's a long question, but i'll make it quick, I love the adrenaline rush you feel at all points during the game, I love the glory of victory, the fans, and I really enjoy the money you get for playing the sport you love... I Hate to lose, and most of all I hate how it hurts when you get hit BAD.
John -- Allright, just one more question, what would you say to anyone specially in Mexico that is interested in paintball and wants to become a pro player just like you?
Alex -- Oh that's easy... love the sport, practice, and ofcourse: VISIT THE ULTIMATE PAINTBALL GUIDE BLOG by john_lockwood24@hotmail.com!!!
John -- Thanks a lot, this was mexican Pro Paintballer Alejandro Zanella from the Miami Dynasty Paintball Team
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