Author Archives: Melissa Harvie



Melissa Harvie

Tips for Bigway Skills No 10
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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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January 30, 2017
Tips for Bigway Skills No 9
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Tips for Bigway Skills No 9

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...

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December 01, 2016
Tips for Bigways Skills No 8
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Tips for Bigways Skills No 8

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...

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November 01, 2016
Tips for Bigways Skills No 7
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Tips for Bigways Skills No 7

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...

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October 02, 2016
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Tips for Bigway Skills No 6

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...

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September 03, 2016
TIP FOR BIGWAY SKILLS NO 5
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TIP FOR BIGWAY SKILLS NO 5

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...

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August 03, 2016
TIPS FOR BIGWAY SKILLS NO 4
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TIPS FOR BIGWAY SKILLS NO 4

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...

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June 30, 2016
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TIPS FOR BIGWAY SKILLS NO 3

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...

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June 19, 2016
Tips for Bigway Skills No 2
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Tips for Bigway Skills No 2

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...

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May 05, 2016
Tips for Bigway Skills No 1
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Tips for Bigway Skills No 1

‘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...

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May 05, 2016