superplumber

I spent 30 minutes tunnel time before graduate from AFF. First session, 5 minutes, cannot get stable. Tunnel instructor said not relaxed enough. Second session, 5 minutes. Learn to keep a relaxed arch position. Not turning properly. Third session, 10 minutes. No problem keeping relaxed arch, but still had a hard time turning. Then went for D1 jump, everything is fine until do turns. Uncontrollable spin. Fourth session, 10 minutes. Instructor told try dropping the elbows. It finally clicked towards the end of this session. Weather hold. Weather hold. Three weeks later, finally got some jumps. Breezed through D1 D2 E1 E2.

Thank you all for the advice and thoughts. Went to tunnel and had coached fly for half an hour, breezed through D1 D2 E1 E2. Finding that dropping the elbows instead of pushing the hand down will initiate the turn. And not trying too hard will make sure the hip stays level and legs symmetrical.

Hi everyone, AFF rookie student here. Recently got stuck on Level D: turning. Everything is fine in the beginning: exit count, relax, get stable, COA, the instructor gave the turn signal. Dropped left arm, begin left turn. Then things became out of control when trying to stop the turn. Pushed down right arm a little bit, not stopping. Push down more, boom, left turn faster. JM helped to stop the spin but that basically is the pull altitude. After landed, JM said I didn't drop my right arm to counter the left turn. Instead I was doing the chicken wing thing: Right arm was moving in the direction of ribs instead being pushed down. The spine was all twisted to the right side, and that pushed my hip not level anymore. And then legs become asymmetry, which resulted a faster left spin. However, I swear I felt like the arm was being pushed down really hard (clearly that's only the tension in the lower back). Also, ground training on the creeper is fine, the upper body will become the slope shape without spine twisted. So I'm guessing that on the ground, gravity is pulling the arm downward and the creeper keeps the hip level and spine straight. However, in the sky there are too much pressure upward coming from the 120 mph wind. And the pressure on the hip from the air is way mush smaller than that coming from the wooden creeper. That may be the reason when JM said my arm was not moving downward, although I felt like all my core muscle has been engaged to push down that arm? Am I fighting the wind? How to deform the arms and chest like a wing when there is little leverages on the lower part of body? Which is more reasonable: pressing the whole arm using core muscle, or tilting elbow using shoulder muscle? Please share some thoughts. Thanks in advance.