Back Tracking

[PhreeZone 20]

Alright, I tried to lead a tracking dive on my back yesterday but kept spinning everytime I would get going in a straight line. Belly tacking is no problem with me, its just that I'd go from spinning to a way too steep back track to a slow back track to a spin. Does anyone have any hints or tricks to get stable while remaining on your back in a track? Or is it just one of the the things that comes with practice?
I'm not sure what to put here right now.....

[Aviatrr 0]

I'd say it's just something that will come with experience.. I learn early on that back tracking is the best for me.....I can track faster and flatter on my back than on my belly.. Normally I only track on my back during tracking dives, though - unless I need to keep an eye on somebody above me during breakoff..
It's just like anything else you learn to do - it takes practice.. Try just doing a couple dives where all you do is back track.. It would, of course, be best if you had somebody else tracking with you to gauge your speed/sink - but you can work on the basic stability and control by yourself.. It does take some getting used to - you don't normally have to press your legs down in that manner.. Start with your arms straight out to your sides, palms down, and legs straight.. Steer with your torso as you normally would during a track..
Mike

[freeflir29 0]

Hmmm....practice, practice, practice! I don't think I go too fast yet but I've never had a stability problem. Above all....if you're spinning....just relax! Probably trying to be too stiff.
"and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[PhreeZone 20]

Clay, Just wondering.... how many tracking dives have you been on your back for?
I'm not sure what to put here right now.....

[freeflir29 0]

Been on 3 tracking dives my entire life (wasn't on my back). I track on my back away from free fly formations quite regularly to make sure I have clear air above.
"and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[PhreeZone 20]

I track on my back out of freeflys too, but thats only for a couple of seconds. I can hold it for a couple of seconds fine. I just need pointers on how to hold a straight line for more then 2 seconds.
Just as refrence, one of the freefliers thats 1000+ jumps did the same thing only not as severe the very next jump, so I'm looking to take pointers back for more then just me. I'm not sure what to put here right now.....

[freeflir29 0]

Not exactly a tracking dive but I have ended up really low on a couple dives...(Free Flight festival jump with several .commers is one that comes to mind) So low that I didn't even try to get back up. I usually spend those dives in a sit or on my back getting out from under everyone else. So, I have stayed on my back for several thousand feet at a clip on many occasions. Granted....on those jumps I'm not paying any particular attention to holding a heading just my relativity with the rest of the group. I have 109 jumps...mostly Free Fly...I'm not an expert but I do Free fly well. Ask anyone who has jumped with me.......Just giving you my .02.
"and I'm not easily impressed...Ooohh look...a blue car!" -Homer Simpson

[wildblue 7]

haha! "not as severe" ... the spinning, diving, funneling tracking dive of doom!
I think you both had a lazy leg thing going on, or at least an uneven leg thing.
When you first start belly flying, some people get a weird turn going on that they can't figure out - it's usually because of a dominate side. Now you're on your back, you have to learn the same thing over again, because you're using a different set of muscles to push against the wind.
Just when you think your legs are even, they're not. Go back to the "toe taps" thing again if you have to.
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[mountainman 0]

yeah.....just ask Wildblue about our jump together. Hahaha.....eh?
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