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damion75 0
QuoteSkills camp.. He showed me how to tuck my head so that I could look under me, between my legs and see the other person breaking away in the other direction.
Hmmm. Perhaps this is a good coaching technique? Not sure... personally I prefer to look where I am going whe tracking - forward, left, right, down, and (towards the end) up to make sure that there is no-one else near me. People from my group going in the opposite direction are not something that I am concerned about!
Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus.
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There have been a few times when people broke off from a formation and tracked in basically the same direction never knowing their buddy was right next to them. when you look between your toes as you're tracking you can look back and see everyone from the formation tracking away, this is one of the reasons i do it, plus it does help you de-arch and get more forward drive. Obviously this is going to differ depending on the size of the formation, ie. being in the center of a big way you wouldn't want to do this. Also when you first turn to track you should take a quick look straight ahead to see where you are about to fly.History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
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damion75 0
QuotePeople from my group going in the opposite direction are not something that I am concerned about!
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There have been a few times when people broke off from a formation and tracked in basically the same direction never knowing their buddy was right next to them.
And if you read what I have written then basically you are agreeing with me. Behind you is not the place to look - people going the opposite way are not a threat.
When you start doing bigger stuff with staggered breakoffs you will need to be looking for the guys either side (who will start off tracking next to you) and possibly dead ahead for the guys who broke off ahead of you.
I still see no reason to start looking between my legs...***************
Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus.
Jackpunx 0
QuoteI just learned how to really track last week...after 200 skydives. I would go on tracking dives and have like 95 mph fall rates, but had a hard time ever getting forward drive. Everyone would tell me afterwards I just needed practice. Practice what?
Curt Swanson, the freefly LO manager at Perris, gave me a 5 minute dirt dive/lesson the other day. Tuck my chin, look down my torso, bend slightly at the waist. Holy mackerel! All of the sudden I was moving out...It was the single largest skill improvement I've ever had from one jump to the next.
If you are into horizontal to earth, belly down RW and want to do some tunnel time, check out Meeker Mondays. Chrisitie Frikken puts it on. Cheaper pricing and good free coaching. If you search on here you can probably find something, or ask at Perris next time you are out. Have manifest page her or something...Might be an advertisment on the bulletin board in front of Square1...maybe something on the Perris website.
Ive talked , jumped and been in the tunnel with Christy.. she's a blast.. she's a really good teacher.. I'll hit the tunnel with her again soon.
I’ve seen some posts where they say its not important to look behind you..
I have very little experience.. but I can tell you by tucking my head.. I tracked really flat, fast and far and was able to see my alti. (tracked much better than someone with many more jumps)
Before I started my track I took a really good look in the direction that I was going..
I’m not sure how important it is to see the people behind me.. but it forces good body position and it cant hurt to guarantee separation by site
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I still see no reason to start looking between my legs...
maybe sometime when somebody blindly tracks behind you, you may want to avoid throwing out in their face...yeah I know, it would be their fault but...I like the idea of knowing where everyone is...
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
damion75 0
Not one shred of evidence supports the theory that life is serious - look at the platypus.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239
Scrumpot 1
QuoteI still see no reason to start looking between my legs...
It teaches the neophyte tracker doing this in either 2-way, or "coached" dives more easily, the proper over-all body position to start with. Tucking the chin, and trying to peer back between your toes promotes naturally, and intuitively, the de-arch at the hips needed to perform a proficient FLAT TRACK.
I will still look back between my legs upon break off, to see where EVERYBODY is going (that's generally because I am already way out ahead of them anyway to begin with ). I do not "fixate" on it though, and ALSO will look left, right and in front of me (then again above and below prior to deployment) as well.
Sounds like an appropriate skills camp teaching technique to me.
Blue Skies,
-Grant
mj4mjm 0
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Jackpunx 0
Quote2 and 4 Way Skills Camp Dates for January: the 15th!, 21st and 29th!!!
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Looking forward to it
Curt Swanson, the freefly LO manager at Perris, gave me a 5 minute dirt dive/lesson the other day. Tuck my chin, look down my torso, bend slightly at the waist. Holy mackerel! All of the sudden I was moving out...It was the single largest skill improvement I've ever had from one jump to the next.
If you are into horizontal to earth, belly down RW and want to do some tunnel time, check out Meeker Mondays. Chrisitie Frikken puts it on. Cheaper pricing and good free coaching. If you search on here you can probably find something, or ask at Perris next time you are out. Have manifest page her or something...Might be an advertisment on the bulletin board in front of Square1...maybe something on the Perris website.
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