Baggy pants and a t shirt whilst sitflying?

[grue 1]

I found this somewhat odd... yesterday, I was wearing BDU pants and a plain tshirt whilst flying. I had very little trouble getting into my sit when I did a 2way with a much more experienced freeflyer, and also had no trouble on other jumps whilst sitting. I thought this was somewhat interesting, and probably a good sign.


In any case, would it be a good idea to intentionally wear clothing that'll make what I want to do MORE difficult, thus training me for the worst case scenario, and making "normal" situations more easy?

cavete terrae.

[Amazon 7]

Just make sure the baggy stuff does NOT blow up over your handles....just a thought

[grue 1]

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Just make sure the baggy stuff does NOT blow up over your handles....just a thought

Yeah, I had my tshirt tucked into the pants, with them cinched down tight.

cavete terrae.

[ccowden 0]

Body position is everything. Starting out in something that places the drag on your arms rather than your legs is a good idea to learn, however, it can also cause you to rely a little too much on your arms. What I see alot is people holding themselves in their sit with their arms and not flying strong enough with their lower body and legs. So, what happens is that their legs and feet want to pop up and out in front of them, causing instability and turning. The more their feet come up, the further back they put their arms to counter it, thus just making it worse. In your situation where you thought it was going to be more difficult with the drag on your lower body, it may have actually become easier beacause of this. You may have been relying on your arms a little more than you thought, and when you take away some of that drag and control from your arms, it was easier to keep your lower body and legs and feet in the correct position. In essence, it forced you to fly a strong lower body, which is the absolute key to a good head up position. It is not the arms.

Go out in just a tee and shorts and practice. It will really force you to have good body position.

Keep up the good stuff!

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Body position is everything. Starting out in something that places the drag on your arms rather than your legs is a good idea to learn, however, it can also cause you to rely a little too much on your arms. What I see alot is people holding themselves in their sit with their arms and not flying strong enough with their lower body and legs. So, what happens is that their legs and feet want to pop up and out in front of them, causing instability and turning. The more their feet come up, the further back they put their arms to counter it, thus just making it worse. In your situation where you thought it was going to be more difficult with the drag on your lower body, it may have actually become easier beacause of this. You may have been relying on your arms a little more than you thought, and when you take away some of that drag and control from your arms, it was easier to keep your lower body and legs and feet in the correct position. In essence, it forced you to fly a strong lower body, which is the absolute key to a good head up position. It is not the arms.

Go out in just a tee and shorts and practice. It will really force you to have good body position.

Keep up the good stuff!

Thanks :) I actually did my first few sit fly jumps in tshirt and shorts, except for the very first one... that was in cargo pants, and they inflated and flipped me over, because I wasn't ready for that In any case, it seems like I can get into the sit regardless of what I'm wearing. Now I just need people to keep sitting with me so I can get some more pointers! Hard work, ahoy! Head down by Christmas!

cavete terrae.

[nigelh 0]

No need to rush to get head-down,
Too many people rush to fly head-down before they can really fly their bodies head-up

Nigel

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[HuricaneLee 0]

When i first started learning to sit fly i always went in shorts and a tshirt. I had such a hard time getting into my sit. I was never stable so i asked around about how to become more stable. Everyone told me to wear tight pants and baggy longsleve shirt. I did that for a few jumps but i just couldn't get into my sit at all. Recently i bought a pair of Tonysuit swoop pants that only went down to my mid-calfs. I went and made a jump in those and a t-shirt and i stuck my sit. I have used them ever sence and my stability is so much greater. It seems that it is bassackward from what all experienced people told me. Why is that? it seems that the pants would make it harder but i t was easier for me.

[ccowden 0]

That is the exact question I tried to provide an answer to in this response:

Body position is everything. Starting out in something that places the drag on your arms rather than your legs is a good idea to learn, however, it can also cause you to rely a little too much on your arms. What I see alot is people holding themselves in their sit with their arms and not flying strong enough with their lower body and legs. So, what happens is that their legs and feet want to pop up and out in front of them, causing instability and turning. The more their feet come up, the further back they put their arms to counter it, thus just making it worse. In your situation where you thought it was going to be more difficult with the drag on your lower body, it may have actually become easier beacause of this. You may have been relying on your arms a little more than you thought, and when you take away some of that drag and control from your arms, it was easier to keep your lower body and legs and feet in the correct position. In essence, it forced you to fly a strong lower body, which is the absolute key to a good head up position. It is not the arms.