So, let’s start at the very beginning. How does one go about becoming a skydiver and jumping all by oneself?
It begins with the Skydive Ground School Course.
Ground School Program
The Ground School program is designed to teach you in baby steps the fundamentals you need to prep for jump, exit the plane, remain aware of altitude, free fall in a stable position, do very basic maneuvers, deploy from a stable position at the right time, assess and react to an emergency, fly your canopy, and land safely. You learn these skills with an instructor (or two) beside you and coaching you every step of the way.
Before you ever jump, you train. Ground School students first take a course, taught by a certified jump master, in which you spend approximately 6 hours learning all the fundamentals of the sport and equipment and emergencies. Take ground school seriously. It’s there for a reason.
Ground school prepares you with the practical knowledge needed to make jumps. The ground school covers training, safety, free fall body position, emergency methods, and canopy (parachute) control. Following completion, you will be qualified to participate in Solo Skydive course.
Skydiving is a sport in which you pretty much can never learn enough. Almost everybody, from newbies to serious veterans with more than 10,000 jumps, all say the same thing: Learn something every time.
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