mbohu 77 #1 July 31, 2018 Any suggestions of places to go to have some coached 4-way (belly) practice, either as a team or as an individual? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tikl68 6 #2 August 1, 2018 Elsinore has a program called excel camp we run once a month. It is free coaching on the fundamentals of RW, and if you have a good foundation, we can increase the technical side to challenge you and send some of our locals that have been attending theses camps and one or two of us coaches to do some 4 way and get video and a proper debrief.We also have SCSL. SCSL is a low pressure 4 way event,it is like a camp with coaching, but is conducted much like nationals, against other intermediate teams. Arizona runs a "Rookie Round up" just not sure about the frequency. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #3 August 2, 2018 Find the coach and then the location is easy. As locations go.... Any big DZ will work."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockSkyGirl 10 #4 August 2, 2018 In the west/southwest part of the country: SDAZ's next Rookie Roundup is 10/13-10/14. Registration opens in September. If you already have a team, SDAZ is a good place to come to train either sky or tunnel; there are a lot of excellent coaches here who work with teams at all levels. They include all the current members of Arizona Airspeed; Mark Kirkby, Eliana Rodriguez, and Craig Girard; and AXIS Flight School. Current Airspeed plus the other three people I mentioned will all also travel to coach your team if you can't come to AZ for a camp. In addition to private coaching, AXIS does what they call the X-Pansion Project, where they will teach you 4-way at whatever level you're at, with or without a team of your own; if you don't have a team they'll match you with other people of similar ability plus an AXIS player-coach for the day or weekend, for sky and/or tunnel. If you're interested in that, here's a link with more info: https://axisflightschool.com/competition_xpansion.php Another option besides Elsinore's great Excel series is Perris; contact Christy Frikken of Fury Coaching. She does both tunnel and sky coaching in SoCal and can help find you a team if you don't have one. If you're on the eastern side of the country at any point, check out the tunnel camps and "team for a day" events that SDC RhythmXP does at Skydive Chicago, Skydive Sebastian, and the ParacleteXP wind tunnel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbohu 77 #5 August 2, 2018 Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Yes, Rookie Roundup last year was what started my interest in 4-way. It was absolutely awesome and we got Mikhail from Arizona Airspeed to coach us. First time ever I experienced non-funneled 4-way exits. Looks like this year I have too many jumps (unless they aren't too strict about their under-150 requirement) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockSkyGirl 10 #6 August 3, 2018 They've changed it to 200 jumps... maybe that will help... Even if you are a little past the requirement, it's worth contacting the dz and asking (email Rhonda at events@skydiveaz.com) ESPECIALLY if you don't live in AZ and are coming from a dz that doesn't have that kind of opportunity (explain that in your email); the last couple Rookie Roundups haven't filled up and there have been coaches sitting around on the ground, waiting for people to jump with! https://www.skydiveaz.com/experienced/events/detail/2018/10/13/default-calendar/rookie-round-up---fall-edition Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
