Formation Skydiving (FS) Coaching & Load Organising

Airmix Coaching – our new ‘Flat Flyer’ training package

• You want to improve your formation skydiving skills and want to see some rapid results?

• You’re considering booking some tunnel time, and really keen to see how your tunnel skills transfer into the air?

Now you can have both! Airmix Coaching is a package consisting of 20 minutes coached ‘one on one’ tunnel time, plus five coached altitude jumps with your own top class coach, for an inclusive price of £450. 

Airmix flyers will fly in Airkix tunnel on Friday night or Saturday morning, before heading straight to Skydive Airkix to try out their newly practiced skills in the free fall. Combining wind tunnel and skydives has been used for years now by top teams training in the USA, and now we’re bringing this tried and tested formula to Flat / FS jumpers in the UK who want to progress along the fast track to skydiving success.

Experienced FS coaches and National Champions Tarnya and Chris Hollis will be coordinating a team of independent coaches and organising the programme, guaranteeing that Airmix flyers learn up-to-date techniques and have lots of fun in the process! Tarnya and Chris have thousands of jumps between them, and countless hours wind tunnel coaching, so you can be assured of top quality coaching.

You can enrol on the programme once you’ve graduated AFF, and the coaches teach from novice through to experienced FS jumper. Airmix has something for everyone wanting to improve their flying skills in a fun and friendly environment!

FS Coaching Contacts

If you would like to book some FS coaching at Skydive Airkix or Airkix tunnel or would just like further information please contact us.

Skydive Airkix – Formation Skydiving Training  

At Skydive Airkix the emphasis is on learning and fun. Thanks to our unique link with the Airkix wind tunnel, we organise tunnel sessions immediately before weekends at the drop zone, enabling you to maximise your learning by utilising your new found flying skills straight away in the air with your coach and fellow students.

Formation Skydiving remains the most popular of all disciplines within the sport of skydiving. At Skydive Airkix we have a team of independent coaches and the facilities to teach all levels of skydivers to become more competent flyers, from student parachutists to established teams, Skydive Airkix FS training has something for everyone!

Student Progression

Once you have completed your student jumps, initial ‘flat flyer’ training is conducted on a one-to-one basis. The tunnel provides the ideal training tool to enable rapid skills transfer, and help you on your way to obtaining your FS1 qualification.

Skills covered in FS1 training:

• Forward and backward movement

• Fall Rate Control

• In Place Turns

• In Place 360’s

• Side Slides

• Grip taking

• Swooping to a formation

• Building basic 3-way formations

• Completing a basic 4-way dive

Intermediate FS Skill progression

After completing FS1 many skydivers find themselves becoming interested in Formation Skydiving but frustrated by a lack of progression, and get stuck in a rut. Our coaches have developed a training programme aimed specifically at jumpers at this stage in their skydiving progression.

Using the tunnel, we aim to run sessions with up to three students per coach revising the skills that you learned prior to FS1, and incorporating more advanced techniques such as:

• Leg awareness

• Improving Eye contact through cross referencing

• Advanced body position flying

• Super-positional turns (Turning and moving at the same time)

• Introduction to Competitive Formation Skydiving

This stage is aimed at flyers interested in pushing the skills learned during FS1 training, becoming a more competent flyer, or even forming a 3 or 4-way team – just ask and we will endeavour to match you up with flyers of similar ability. You’ll be in a team and eager to compete sooner than you think!

Advanced skills and team training

For experienced FS jumpers wanting to brush up their skills, or experienced teams, our coaches can provide FS training to suit your needs. Our FS coaching team has a wealth of National and International experience. They have trained extensively in Europe and America, learning modern techniques used by the world champions. These techniques can now be passed directly to you here at Skydive Airkix. For 4-way teams we can offer

• Tunnel and Skydive Training Camps

• Two on Two coaching – This is where two of your team fly with two coaches.

• Two on Two has been proven to be the quickest way to progress as a team – think of it as fast tracking your skills as a team!

• State of the art 4-way techniques

• Team building skills

• Advanced block technique and speed drills

• Sports psychology coaching

Skydive Airkix aims to cater for any skydiver that wants to learn, regardless of your level. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. In addition to the coaching described here, we will also be running specific events throughout the season

For FS coaching you will need to buy an Airmix ticket, then coaching fees should be arranged between yourself and your independant coach.