Can I get some assistance?

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I am working on my 10th STP jump (14th overall) and for some reason tracking is giving me a hard time. I got the compressed accordian exit down but when I turn 180 degrees and start tracking I find myself doing the 'toilet bowl' track. I finally get close but this last jump was my second tracking jump and I have to do it over again to get to the Swoop Dive n' Dock Diveflow. It seems I am having a hard time to maintain my heading. Should my shoulders be in the position for an arch or should I bring them forward. If you want to see the video of my 'crappy track' go here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWZFbcwipk

Please give me any advice you can so I can finally get off student status and GET MY DAMN LICENSE!!!

Thanks

Paul

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Talk to your instructors out there at Spaceland about the issues you are having. Heading identification, heading control, body position and like items are better explained in person then they are online. Also make sure to walk through the whole dive flow with them so that you can identify when you need to take certian actions and to move your body position to track correctly. Your instructors are teaching you one way of tracking and are going to hold your proformance up to their method, make sure that before you start asking for advice online that someone here isn't going to "teach" you something incorrectly and will cause you to fail your next level.

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Thanks for the advice I can see where you are correct about getting advice in person rather than online. I was just wanting to get some experienced jumpers to look at the video and see something I did wrong and point it out. I am looking for advice so I can git er done!

Thanks for the advice

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Please give me any advice you can so I can finally get off student status and GET MY DAMN LICENSE!!!

what did your instructor tell you during your debrief?

Mykel AFF-I10
Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

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I will agree with Phreezone about asking for advice online and really ask a lot of questions of your instructors during your pre-jump training. I am not going to attempt to tell you how to track but i will tell you that i had a student(when i was coaching) that had the same problem and we fixed it by breaking up the "turn 180 and track" into two distinct movements. Turn 180 and find a heading, then track. Too often, students start tracking while still turning and either don't know how to straighten out or don't realize soon enough that they are turning during their track. Try it, and ask your instructors what they think of it.

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

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Well honestly, we went through malfunction junction again. (Which is totally necessary!) and then we worked on our exit (Compressed Accordian) and went over how I am going to lock my knees and extend my toes and bring my arms down to my side (palms up) in a fluid motion. Maintain that heading for 5-7 seconds and 180 and track the opposite direction. I think the exit went fine, but I would like to get some creeper time with one of you badass instructors and work a bit on where I’m going wrong so I can fix it and learn to track in one direction. Perhaps Mykel if you are going to be at the DZ Saturday, the 8th
At around 10 am could you be my STP instructor? I jumped with you last year and am looking for as much help as I can get so I can get to Swoop, Dive N’ Dock. And eventually get my ass off student status. Besides I’ve always liked the joke you tell about how you used to smoke weed back in the 70’s and 80’s. In any case, I’ll be out there and I want to get a lot more time to work on the actual ‘tracking’ portion of the diveflow rather than the exit and malfunction junction.

See you Saturday,

Paul