Re: Level 5 AFF

On Nov 21, 5:03 pm, Tell It Like It Is <dfer...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:51:28 -0800 (PST), me

<oconn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Which always makes it strange that we insist that students
"fall flat and stable" before they do anything else. That's
pretty much the hardest thing we're gonna ask them to do for
the next 20 jumps and we insist on them doing that before
anything else.

It's called control. We aslo don't let driving students out on a
freeway unless they can demonstrate an adequate degree of control in
maintaining a heading on lesser roads. If a skydiving student can't
maintain a heading of choice when needed, how are they going to be
able to have any other degree of control? One starts with the basics,
you know.

I'm not exactly arguing the point. It's just that it's a bit odd.
Using your metaphor, it's a bit more like demanding that they
show an ability to parallel park before we let them drive around
the parking lot. We make them go out and "hold headings"
when it really isn't necessary. As long as they aren't
tumbling, or just spinning like crazy, they can still dump.
I'd be tempted to tell a guy that was having a spinning problem
to merely work on changing the direction of the spin. Once
he's mastered the ability to control direction, and maybe rate,
you tell him to go out and stop spinning in either direction.

I'm reminded of a girl that was having a terrible time with RW.
All the classic stuff, slow approaches, going low, over shooting
her slot, like I say, the classic stuff. She's approaching 100
jumps and she still has trouble turning a decent donut. Some
guy finally tells her to take up VRW. She can do it solo, and
relative motion was less of an issue. She spent the next 30 jumps
or so doing just that, you know, stand ups, head downs, sit flying,
various other positions she sees in Skydiving magazine. No
one really knows if she is doing well or not. She's jumping
by herself with no cameras. Finally, some loose load forms up
and they talk her into coming along. Low pressure dive, bunch-o-
zoomies
kinda thing. So she goes up and suddenly she's a "pro". Rock
steady, zooms to her slot and stops, that kinda thing. We
hit the ground and she's like "I dunno, it just seemed all so easy".

Basically you get them to work on the hard stuff, and the easy
stuff suddenly becomes, well.... easy.


Kevin O'Connell
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