Plateau? Boredom? What?

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

So for the past month or so of weekends I've gone on 2 way and 6 way freefly jumps and unlike in the beginning of my freeflying when I used to be like "did you see that, when I did..and you did...and OMG that was so awesome" excitement/enthusiasm..I'm in a mode of "eh it was just another freefly jump"

Is this normal? Should I seek coaching to further my progression? Should I pursue another discipline?

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[diverdriver 7]

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Is this normal? Should I seek coaching to further my progression? Should I pursue another discipline?

YES, yes, and yes! There's always so much to learn!

Chris Schindler
www.diverdriver.com
ATP/D-19012
FB #4125

[towerrat 0]

switch it up, try something new. maybe some flat jumps or some crew. get a coach rating. get some coaching. how about a canopy course?. swooping?
How in the hell can you be bored?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

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Is this normal? Should I seek coaching to further my progression? Should I pursue another discipline?

YES, yes, and yes! There's always so much to learn!

Chris it's either all that or that the recent ongoing fatalities of friends have taken the wind out of my sails. So hard to tell which it is...but I'm in a lull.

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[tdog 0]

Sounds like you need to try some 4way... I have over 100 coached 4 way jumps and I still am learning so much that I have never thought, "just another jump."

[Lozza 0]

I can some what understand what you mean.
I just got back from a Boogie and gave up most of the FF stuff to do 2-way flat stuff with a low jump number person.

However it doesn't mean that I'll stop FFlyin.
Can you fly on ya Head? Back? Side?
How about doing some Atmonauti. Hybrids are always great fun and you learn so much in the process.

In saying all that I still love all aspects of Skydiving.
Get on some decent sized RW jumps and if you're up for it find someone that can get you into CRW. I was amazed at what can be done that under canopy that close to others. Scary, na extremely fun.

But get coaching as well, there is no point fluffing around trying to do something for 20+ jumps only to have it all wrong. Yet in 5 coached jumps you will at least know what you should be doing.

Just for fun to do a Jungle Jump. No predetermined slots, everyone just gets out and takes a grip, once everyone is on you must take another grip on someone else, but if you just had a grip on an arm you're next grip must be on a leg, or head, whatever. It's one of the funniest thing's you can do; the chaos of everyone just scrambling for a grip, and three people on one arm is funny as hell.

Always push yourself and you will stay happy and motivated.

Lozza.

[skymama 37]

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Chris it's either all that or that the recent ongoing fatalities of friends have taken the wind out of my sails.

I'm with you on that one.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

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Chris it's either all that or that the recent ongoing fatalities of friends have taken the wind out of my sails.

I'm with you on that one.

I talked to Bob Crossman about this as well..this has been a tough year in our sport and NO it's NOT "normal"

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[CrazyRick 0]

Hey, go do some belly flying with some good jumpers. We really do touch each other in freefall.

The change of pace will do you good. I just started free flying, but only when I can't get a good group of belly flyers together.

It's all fun, just stay with it and stop thinking about your loss. LIFE GOES ON.

[pincheck 0]

Why not take some low timers out for fun jumps, usually newbies are a bit shy off asking and are only too happy to be asked to jump

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[SkymonkeyONE 4]

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Is this normal? Should I seek coaching to further my progression? Should I pursue another discipline?

If you intend to continue skydiving and not "tourist out" on the sport, then yes, you should absolutely find something else to do and/or get better at. When it stops being very fun, then you are just wasting your money and time (assuming you are not making money skydiving).

There is a lot of different things to do in skydiving, but for some reason the majority of people pigeonhole themselves into believing that they must only do one discipline.

I have burned out on more than a few disciplines in the over-24-years I have been jumping. Burned out to the point that I was making well under 100 jumps a year some years and instead spending my time participating in other sports and activities until I really got the skydiving bug hard again when something new and exciting came along (skysurfing, then PRO demos, then AFF instruction, then swooping and wingsuiting).

Do something different and have fun doing it.

Chuck

[chuckbrown 0]

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Should I pursue another discipline?

Go do CRW. I guarantee you'll never lose the buzz.

[LawnDart21 0]

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Is this normal?

Yup.

It took me a year to save up for AFF training after I made a tandem. I spent that summer on the beach wishing I was in the air skydiving.

Now I spend my summers in the air wishing I was on the beach............ironic, huh?

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My other ride is a RESERVE.

[Stumpy 284]

Put a team together and aim at a competition. Best thing i ever did...

- some of my best friends are in the team
- it gives an objective so your jumps have some kind of meaning

All in all, i always look forward to weekends and jumping again!

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Of course you know me and how much I enjoy swooping. But swooping is something that takes time, patience, coaching and hundreds and hundreds (maybe even thousands) of jumps just to get it let alone how many thousands it will take to master. So it's okay for you to get into it, but you need to approach swooping slowly. So why not try a wingsuit jump instead? I still like freeflying better, but wingsuit jumps can be a shit load of fun and it might be enough to renew your interest in the sport.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[diverdriver 7]

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Chris it's either all that or that the recent ongoing fatalities of friends have taken the wind out of my sails. So hard to tell which it is...but I'm in a lull.

... that's the real issue here. You are depressed. You can't control what has happened to your firends and you can't bring them back. Frustration builds because of the lack of control. You are more aware now of what is going on in the sport and you've had ample time to make LOTS of friends in this sport. As that happens, the likelyhood of knowing more than one person to die in this sport goes up.

But rest assured, the fatality rate was just the same before you were in the sport. The only change is that you are now more aware of it.

Ask Billvon, Skybytch, hell Bill Booth all the people they've known who have died in this sport. The are still in the sport despite what has gone on. Somehow, they have found ways to cope/deal with the loss. They view the world/future/present/past in such a way they can continue. Ask some more old timers why they keep going. Sometimes you need a break. Some times it's necessary to step away from the sport/dz life. See what else is out there.

I hear people say "I'm a skydiver" as though it's some sort of race/religion. Skydiving is what we do. It's not who we are. If you don't go to the DZ for a weekend you won't implode.

Think back to your first jump. Sit quietly with no distraction. Remember what you thought just after you touched down on the ground again. At what point did you think "hey! I gotta do THAT again!" At that moment, you didn't know anything about what you know now. See how you view the sport after that exercise.

Chris Schindler
www.diverdriver.com
ATP/D-19012
FB #4125