Freefly Safety & Training: APF Conference 2013
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Presentation I gave at the APF conference on Freefly safety and training.
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Freefly Safety & Training: APF Conference 2013
- 1. Freefly safety and training By Kim Hopwood APF Conference 2013
- 2. Safety • It’s prety = •
- 3. Safety • It’s prety = • Safety
- 4. Safety • It’s prety = • Safety • Reasonably well self regulated • But it can get gnarly, no matter what the skill level • It always goes back to basics
- 5. Safety • It’s prety = • If you can’t do it as a 4 way, don’t try it as an 8 way
- 6. • Tyler crash Plan for the lowest skill level on the jump. Keep your eye on the base.
- 7. Current safety measures • What is there?
- 8. Current safety measures • OpRegs • Freefly Crest • Freefly handbook • Freefly tutors • Star Crest • DZSOs
- 9. Freefly Crest • 2 independent endorsements: head up and head down • Maximum 3 way without the crest • Bit of confusion since the updates • Needs to be re-communicated • Set targets and measure crest growth YOY
- 10. Freefly handbook • Updated in 2010 by Ty and Mason • Set targets for distribution and measure crest growth Year on Year
- 11. Freefly tutors
- 12. Freefly tutors
- 13. Freefly tutors Update and include tutor photo
- 14. Opportunities • DZ seminars for students • Nagambie has run recently • Design a format that is easy to roll out • Set Dropzone objectives for at least 1 per year • Tutor Forums for knowledge sharing • Communicate the updated Freefly rules
- 15. Opportunities • Better access to tutors: • improved APF website • ‘where to from here’ help for B licenses • Incentive program for tutors to be at the DZ
- 16. The Gap
- 19. Advanced Novice
- 20. The GapAdvanced • Loads of tunnel time or jumps • Higher skill level and more jumpers than ever before in Australia • Funny Farm, Records, Organised invitational weekends within a tight knit community, overseas trips Advanced Novice
- 21. The Gap Advanced Novice Novice • B-D license, just getting started • Lots around • Most Boogies, Every other weekend at the DZ
- 22. Advanced Novice The Gap • Hard to find opportunities to improve • Not enough cash to get to a tunnel • High member attrition due to loss of motivation • Funny Farm Lite showed how much appetite there is at the intermedia level
- 23. Good stuff: events Relworkers • Freefly for Everyone • 2 Free 2 Fly
- 24. Good stuff: events Elderslie • Regular interstate load organisers
- 25. Good stuff: events York • Regular organising both local and interstate
- 26. Good stuff: events FNQ • Regular organising @ Tully
- 27. Good stuff: events ARMY • Regular Freefly & VFS coaching
- 28. Good stuff: events Question: • How do we create more good stuff?
- 31. Opportunities • Close the Gap & improve intermediate progression with targeted events • Greater focus on online training tools such as video and forums
- 32. Summary • We can achieve a lot through simply through better communication • Access to tutors • Knowledge sharing between tutors • Online training tools
- 33. Summary Thanks!