WrongWay 0 #1 March 16, 2005 Thought the freefly forum needed a spark of life. So anyway, which in your opinion is more important.....feeling the air and forgetting about body position, and just using the air to do what you want to do....OR.....having picture perfect body position in each angle/position/orientation to achieve maximum performance? Post your opinions!! Personally, I'm kind of a "there is no body position" kinda guy...I do what I need to to accomplish what I'm trying to at the time. Looking pretty IMHO comes from being relaxed and smiley. However, good body position is really important too, considering you can't do certain things very well with bad body position, like catching air in all the right places to go slower or being solid in taking (and holding) solid docks, etc.... okay I guess I think it's a balance. Someone once told me...."Now that you know body position, now you need to learn that there is no body position...", and I feel that best explains it. I feel you should learn good body position first, then after you have a good idea of basic dos and don'ts of body position, just forget about it and feel the air, and let muscle memory deal with the body position aspect of it. So that's how I feel. Now post what you think!! Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 March 16, 2005 I personally believe that as FFing has been growing up and continues to grow up we'll see a lot more "good" body position stuff. Mainly due to learning what works the best. Look at the history and evolution of belly flying to see that FFing is on the same path and a quicker path with the advent of tunnels and the such.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeedToJump 0 #3 March 16, 2005 Both! If you're doing a solo or practicing something with a coach or someone else, then you want to focus on having the most efficient body position. You want do get this to the point where flying the "picture perfect" body positions become second nature. When you are flying with other people and trying to turn points or build a formation you can't be thinking about how to fly, you just have to do it. You just have to feel the air to get where you need to be. The idea is to be so comfortable with the "good" body position that you fly like that all the time without needing to think about it. As AggieDave said - it's the same progression as belly flying.Wind Tunnel and Skydiving Coach http://www.ariperelman.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
