Do long legs help tracking???

[Viking 0]

Just a question seeing as i am kinda on the tall side and i a curious person. also do long legs cuase rocking or is what everybody else says, that i am to tense up there.
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[RemiAndKaren 0]

Do long legs help tracking.. .mmm... I guess in theory yes... But by the time you factor booties, body position, etc... its probably not that significant IMHO
Even a fat bastard (takes one to know one) with legs that are proportional to his height can track pretty far and flat with the right body position/technique....
As far as rocking.... first I hear of it!
Remi

[Alienangel 0]

Don't worry Viking, it's almost certainly that you are a bit too tense. Lots of people 'fish-tail' or rock when they are learning to track.
Be glad you have long legs. Chicks love 'em. As long as you don't have a fat arse at the top of them.
Aa

[Viking 0]

Alienangel thats not what i ment i was asking if long legs help you go faster and then as a side note do you think that my long legs is what is cuasing me to rock in just a normal arch postion.
Remember when Sex was safe and skydiving was Dangerous?

[Alienangel 0]

Probably not your long legs that is causing you to rock, whether in a track or in a normal arch. There are plenty of skydivers who have long legs but don't have a problem with rocking...at least, once they've got a bit of experience behind them.
It might be that your legs are just not in a symmetrical position behind you....maybe this IS made more difficult to achieve by them being longer than average and therefore more difficult to control?! Who knows. Ask your JM. Or you could always try clicking your heels together to check if your legs are even behind you. i know I used to track in a curve when i was learning which was embarrassing. Perhaps it way my massive dick that caused the problem, acting like a huge rudder on one side? Who knows. Anyway, I tried the heel clicking thing a few times and strapped down my old fella and don't get the problem any more.
As for long legs making you go faster...I don't think so...ask your JM. Usually speed is controlled by making your body slimmer ie arms closer to your sides, legs closer together, although this can also make you slightly less stable. You are probably aiming for a nice, flat track so want to do a slight de-arch.
Get it videoed and assess it with an instructor. And be wary of taking advice from this forum because it's visited by newbies who know very little, and knowitall tossers who like to show off. Like me.
AA

[Iflyme 0]

Yes, IMHO body shape does have an impact on tracking - tall and slender is a good shape to be! (I'm 6' 6" and track like a rocket...)

[Staso 0]

Viking,
Longs legs serve as a tail and they definetely help tracking flatter and faster.
Stan
C-31743.

[Yoshi 0]

I am 6'1 and 163 lbs...most of it my legs..I can track really flat and stable and pretty damn fast for my experience level.. the best track dive I have been on...hmm not a hard one.. 38 way 2 plane (super otters) track at skydive chitown (ottowa) organized by rook nelson and mike ortiz!... was a great time.. although because of a handfull of people wearing smoke (and me being a little high and behing) I smelled like an unlucky whore after standing in a bar the whole night... but with a little tide the smoke stench came right out of my jumpsuit!:)
-yoshi