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Image from Power Play by George KatsoulisĪ 4-part series by Christy Frikken – on her website, Fury Coaching To avoid going low, use great slow fall and your buffer zone! This perfectly round In-out will only build if everyone is matching the fall rate You should be right in the middle when you are hooked up. It creates an unsuccessful group.ĭress for your slot while you are holding grips. If you get to the group, struggle to pick up grips, lift people up, and can’t be stable, this is as bad as going low and never getting there. It is a big mistake to “go light” so that you don’t have to worry about going low. When you are matching a group, line your middle-of-range dot up to fall comfortably INSIDE the formation, not to what you think you need to get to the formation. Image over Skydive Perris by Craig O’Brien Dress for the Formationĭress for the formation fall rate, and use technique to get there. Dress for the fall rate of the formation to avoid floating like this In a perfect world, you have a choice of suits and suit parts you can use to adjust your fall rate to a group. Adding these to your repertoire is how you will slow down your whole bracket. Pull-over sleeves, swoop cords, bigger suits, or even a sweatshirt create more drag. If you want to fall slower, grab some fabric. Power Play event, Skydive Perris, photo by Craig O’Brien Suit Choices Notice the heavy last diver, wearing overarms and a big yellow suit – dress for success! Tandem skydiving in Lauterbrunnen and Interlaken from the helicopter, beautiful scenery and memorable experience. With practice, you’ll get pretty good at a first guess. 2,064 likes 2 talking about this 1,080 were here. Be conscious what adding lead does to your wingloading. Some basic advice is to start with about 6 pounds and go from there. It will allow you to comfortably take grips, move more powerfully, and increase your stability when falling at a faster than natural speed. Adding some mass will move your whole range down. If you need to fall faster, grab a weight belt. Weight belt by Symbiosis Suits – Photo by XDReam Weight Belts But from a long-term perspective, you can improve your body in a way that gives you more of an advantage as a skydiver. This obviously takes time, has limits, and is easier said than done. Add weight and you’ll fall faster lose it and you’ll fall slower. With time, you can change your body of course. To fix this problem you must change your body or use tools. Technique will get you more range, but it won’t move your whole bracket or align those center dots. What do you do if your middle range doesn’t align with your group? Shift the whole bracket up and down. Images from PowerPlay by Craig O’Brien Shifting the Bracket … but recover because the flyers are in the middle of their fall rate range
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