{"id":16942,"date":"2015-06-01T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=16942"},"modified":"2015-06-01T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:00:00","slug":"2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we Need a COACH?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pete Allum coaching Kaizen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>Coach or More Jumps?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Roy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don\u2019t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by self-coaching, remembering the best of what we\u2019ve been taught by other coaches. What do you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Herman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When the team has ambitious plans, or they want to reach a high level, working with a coach should help them to get there faster and in a cost effective manner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hi Herman<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I think that the importance of having an outside coach or not, is depending on what the team wants and needs. When the team has ambitious plans, or they want to reach a high(er) level, working with a coach should help you to get there faster and in a cost-effective manner.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are many advantages to work with a good and experienced coach and, if you decide to take one, it doesn\u2019t mean that he needs to be there all the time. What maybe can be interesting for your team is to have a coach every so often. You can start to work with him\/her and see in which areas you need to improve the most. Once you know where you need to improve, you can start to self-coach the team. During the season you can see how often you need a coach to keep you on the right track. I believe that in this way you have a good compromise. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Good luck with your team<br \/>\nRoy<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/f01c5d20-c4b6-4cc0-bf35-f06b76a29e76.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1>Couples on Teams<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Hi Roy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have any opinions about couples on teams? We have an 8-way team and lost two people. The best flyers for the slots we have open are boyfriend and girlfriend. What do we do?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Is this a bad situation or do you think the dynamic will be okay? We don&#8217;t want to be &#8216;couple-ist&#8217; but I have heard from people who say it&#8217;s a nightmare. What do you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Yours undecidedly<\/em><br \/>\n<em>James<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hi James<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In theory I would say that it shouldn\u2019t make any more problems than having two new teammates that are not a couple. I guess it is more depending how their personalities are individually and as a couple. I have seen couples in a team that make a big mess, but I also know couples that became World Champions! In your case I would say that if the team likes them and they are the best flyers for that slot, go for it! You never really know how it ends up until you try it. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Take a chance!<br \/>\nRoy<\/p>\n<h1>Ask Rolls<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ask your burning 4-way question in the Comments box below for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FScoachingRoyJanssen\">Roy Janssen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach or More Jumps? Dear Roy How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don\u2019t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do we Need a COACH? - Skydivemag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do we Need a COACH?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coach or More Jumps? Dear Roy How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don\u2019t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Skydivemag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lesley.gale.942\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lesley Gale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@skydivemag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lesley Gale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lesley Gale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebfbf587dc5d927ad83e8347054c7d3c\"},\"headline\":\"Do we Need a COACH?\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/\\\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/\",\"name\":\"Do we Need a COACH? - Skydivemag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/\\\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/\\\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/\\\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do we Need a COACH?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/\",\"name\":\"Skydive Mag\",\"description\":\"Skydiving and BASE jumping information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Skydive Mag Limited\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png\",\"width\":1121,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"Skydive Mag Limited\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SkydiveMag\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/skydivemag\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ebfbf587dc5d927ad83e8347054c7d3c\",\"name\":\"Lesley Gale\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/03\\\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Lesley Gale\"},\"description\":\"Lesley has been in love with skydiving for 35 years. She is a multiple world and national record holder and a coach on 20 successful record events worldwide. She has over 100 competition medals spanning more than 25 years and has been on the British 8-way National team at World events. She started Skydive Mag to spread knowledge, information and passion about our amazing sport. Lesley is delighted to be sponsored by Performance Designs, Sun Path, Cypres, Cookie, Symbiosis suits and Larsen &amp; Brusgaard\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/skydivemag.com\\\/new\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/lesley.gale.942\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/skydivemag\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skydivemag.com\\\/new\\\/author\\\/lesley\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do we Need a COACH? - Skydivemag","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do we Need a COACH?","og_description":"Coach or More Jumps? Dear Roy How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don\u2019t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/","og_site_name":"Skydivemag","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lesley.gale.942","article_published_time":"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Lesley Gale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@skydivemag","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lesley Gale","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/"},"author":{"name":"Lesley Gale","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/ebfbf587dc5d927ad83e8347054c7d3c"},"headline":"Do we Need a COACH?","datePublished":"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/"},"wordCount":479,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/","name":"Do we Need a COACH? - Skydivemag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg","datePublished":"2015-06-01T23:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/69b62ee0-68bd-487a-aefb-9522b163345c.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2015-06-02-do-we-need-a-coach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do we Need a COACH?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/","name":"Skydive Mag","description":"Skydiving and BASE jumping information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#organization","name":"Skydive Mag Limited","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Skydive-Mag-Logo-white-long.png","width":1121,"height":148,"caption":"Skydive Mag Limited"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkydiveMag","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skydivemag"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/ebfbf587dc5d927ad83e8347054c7d3c","name":"Lesley Gale","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1270136_10152601937496808_2123361469_o-150x150.jpg","caption":"Lesley Gale"},"description":"Lesley has been in love with skydiving for 35 years. She is a multiple world and national record holder and a coach on 20 successful record events worldwide. She has over 100 competition medals spanning more than 25 years and has been on the British 8-way National team at World events. She started Skydive Mag to spread knowledge, information and passion about our amazing sport. Lesley is delighted to be sponsored by Performance Designs, Sun Path, Cypres, Cookie, Symbiosis suits and Larsen &amp; Brusgaard","sameAs":["http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lesley.gale.942","https:\/\/x.com\/skydivemag"],"url":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/author\/lesley\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"homepage-slider":false,"single-post-picker":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Lesley Gale","author_link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/author\/lesley\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Coach or More Jumps? Dear Roy How important do you think it is to get an outside coach? We have a lot of experience; everyone has over 2,000 jumps and has been on 4-way teams before. We don\u2019t have much money to train and it seems that we could save a lot of money by&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}