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«Skydiving has lots to offer. With so many disciplines, you might be missing out on something fun you don’t even know exists.»
—Niklas
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Photo by Niklas Daniel
Professional, regular coaching is essential to advance your skills, introduce you to new disciplines and polish your performance. The careful and procedural work you do with a coach provides you with goals and tangible evidence of progress. Deliberate practice builds skill and confidence, which equals more fun. A coaches’ job is to assess you current knowledge and ability level; then come up with relevant tasks that are fun and challenging to foster growth and confidence. Making the commitment to yourself to make a couple of coached jumps per month (or a few minutes of tunnel) is better than not committing to any at all. With a coach alongside you, you’ll feel professionally supported in your effort.
«It’s never too early or late to receiving professional coaching.»
—Brianne
- 1-on-1 Body-flight (all orientations and transitions)
- Exit Techniques (side door and ramp)
- Tracking and Angle Flying
- Big Way Skills (Belly and freefly)
- Coach and AFF-I Preparation
- Camera Flying (see Camera Coaching)
- Competition Teams (see Team Coaching)
- Wounded Vets (see Operation Enduring Warrior)
- Military
Bring your gear, log book, and a memory storage device for videos.
Available Merits
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Sky Belly Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient belly flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) Belly-fly Aircraft Floating Exit, b) Belly-fly Aircraft Diving Exit, c) Belly Dive, d) Neutral/Stable Belly-flying Orientation, e) Belly-fly Left / Right Turn, f) Belly-fly Forward / Backward, g) Belly-fly Up / Down, h) Belly-fly Side Sliding, i) Belly In- / Out-face Carving, j) Belly Burble Hops, k) Grip taking, l) Belly Break-off, m) Belly Flat-track
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Sky Back Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient back flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Achieved prerequisite merit: Sky Belly Flyer.
In addition, recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) Back-fly Aircraft Floating Exit, b) Back-fly Aircraft Diving Exit, c) Back Dive, d) Neutral/Stable Back-fly Orientation, e) Back-fly Left / Right Turn, f) Back-fly Forward / Backward, g) Back-fly Up / Down, h) Back-fly Side Sliding, i) Belly to Back Left / Right Half Barrel Roll Transition, j) Back to Belly Left / Right Half Barrel Roll Transition, k) Belly to Back Front- / Back-flip Transition, l) Back to Belly Front- / Back-flip Transition, m) 360° Left / Right Barrel Roll, n) Back Burble Hops, o) Grip Taking, p) Back Break-off, q) Back Flat-track
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Sky Head-up Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient head-up flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Achieved prerequisite merits: Sky Belly Flyer and Sky Back Flyer.
In addition, recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) Head-up Aircraft Floating Exit, b) Head-up Aircraft Standing Exit, c) Neutral / Stable Head-up Orientation, d) Head-up Left / Right Turn, e) Head-up Forward / Backward, f) Head-up Up / Down, g) Head-up Side Sliding, h) Belly to Head-up Back-flip Transition, i) Head-up to Belly Front-flip Transition, j) Back to Head-up Front-flip Transition, k) Head-up to Back Back-flip Transition, l) Head-up 360° Front- / Back-flip, m) Head-up 360° Right / Left Cartwheel, n) Head-up In- / Out-face Carve, o) Head-up Burble Hops, p) Grip Taking, q) Head-up Break-off
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Sky Head-down Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient head-down flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Achieved prerequisite merits: Sky Belly Flyer, Sky Back Flyer, and Sky Head-up Flyer.
In addition, recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) Head-down Aircraft Floating Exit, b) Head-down Aircraft Diving Exit, c) Neutral/Stable Head-down Orientation, d) Head-down Up / Down, e) Head-down Left / Right Turn, f) Head-down Forward / Backward, g) Head-down Side Sliding, h) Belly to Head-down Front-flip Transition, i) Head-down to Belly Back-flip Transition, j) Back to Head-down Back-flip Transition, k) Head-down to Back Front-flip Transition, l) Head-down to Head-up Front- / Back-flip Transition, m) Head-up to Head-down Front- / Back-flip Transition, n) Head-down 360° Front- / Back-flip, o) Head-down to Head-up Right / Left Cartwheel, p) Head-up to Head-down Right / Left Cartwheel, q) Head-down 360° Right / Left Cartwheel, r) Head-down In- / Out-face Carve, s) Head-down Burble Hops, t) Grip Taking, u) Head-down Break-off
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Sky Angle Head-up Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient angle head-up flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) In-air Navigation Skills (Chasing and Leading), b) Backward Movement, c) Forward Movement, d) Roll Transitions, e) Flip Transitions, f) Break-off
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Sky Angle Head-down Flyer
Recipient has demonstrated the knowledge and skills of a proficient angle head-down flyer in the sky.
How this Merit is Earned
Recipient has demonstrated the following to the satisfaction of an AXIS Coach™: a) In-air Navigation Skills (Chasing and Leading), b) Backward Movement, c) Forward Movement, d) Roll Transitions, e) Flip Transitions, f) Break-off