Pro Tips
Tips for Bigway Skills No 10
STOP! To stop a dive you need to apply as much force in the opposite direction as you put into the dive itself. The effort and distance required to stop...
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STOP! To stop a dive you need to apply as much force in the opposite direction as you put into the dive itself. The effort and distance required to stop...
It’s Camp time! Whether you are heading to Nagambie or other camps in the future arriving with the right mindset will help you get more from the experience and your...
Having the knowledge and physical skills to perform your slot is not enough. You also need the mental agility to use them ‘in the moment’. Just like Q as he...
If you are involved in a situation that puts you low, there is no time there and then to worry or stress about how it happened. This reaction will prevent...
Build the confidence that you can make your bigway slot happen. Don’t ‘hope’ to achieve. The mental game is as important as the physical skills. Visualisation is mental rehearsal. Visualise...
Tracking is a key skill for Bigways. We typically leave larger formations in groups, flying relative until the signal to open up the tracking team to deploy in our own...
As you set up in the door, already be strong and ready to take control of how you fly in the relative wind. If you wait to exit before you...
Successful Bigway formations build quickly. To be part of the solution you must dock precisely in the set up for your slot, first time. Using the grip to move yourself...
Be someone who can fly your body in one direction whilst looking in another. Practice this skill so that you can approach on your radial in a dive or in...
‘Be an even better big way flyer’ Let the grip be something you pick up after you have moved to your position in the formation and stopped. Easier said than...