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From: bb1v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Barry Lowell Brumitt)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Arch problems
Message-ID: <4c8VPry00WB4M9tkhW@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 02:05:43 GMT
Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>unstable in an arch... lots of 5 second delays... wants to try again...

If, as a novice, I might put in a suggestion....

Go back and do AFF. That will give you some freefall time with an instructor
who can see what you are doing. They can tell if you arch is bad, or if you
are unstable/tense, or if your body position is just plain wrong. A
plane-bound jumpmaster will have much more difficulty doing this. Even if you
don't arch much on an AFF, the two JM's hanging on to you should be able to
keep you face to earth.

Yes, it will cost a bit more, but if you did 23 5secs, it's time to try
SOMETHING and hopefully make some progress.

Since I see you are in Florida, you should have NO PROBLEMS finding a DZ near
you that does AFF. Someone else could do better at suggestion on near UFl, if
you don't know one that offers that method of training.

Good luck, and keep trying..... and A R C H!
 Barry

ps. If you don't know what AFF is, write me, and I'll send you a description.