Yeah I hate to say it but if he's just gettin started and goofin off mostly the Tippman A5 or 98 Cust is what he'd be better suited with.
The Shocker is a higher end more expensive gun that's a tad bit more competition oriented.
manic what year is the Shocker? The old school shockers that are big bulky and boxed off are ugly as sin and decent guns at the most. The newer model Shockers are bad *** little guns. New Shocker>Timmy GZ