{"id":17864,"date":"2017-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=17864"},"modified":"2020-02-11T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T12:56:09","slug":"2017-12-03-dansmagic-19-making-a-training-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2017-12-03-dansmagic-19-making-a-training-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan’sMagic 19 \u2013 Making a Training Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Final chapter of Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld’s series on 4-way. Dan was a founding member of Airspeed and is a multiple 4- and 8-way World Champion, competing at world level for more than 20 years. Dan developed a training system through his experience with Airspeed and coaching so many teams at novice and world class levels. It works. His personal and coached teams consistently performed at their best in competition and often won \u2013 three consecutive and different Women’s World Champion 4way teams for instance; Synchronicity, Storm and Airkix. This series outlines the system to the training he put them through…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PUTTING ALL OF THIS INTO A SPECIFIC TRAINING PLAN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Committing to a 4-way team requires a great deal of dedication and sacrifice. Unfortunately many teams begin their training thinking that if they jump a lot they will advance quickly. This is not the case. Making a lot of jumps without a clear training plan will frequently result in the team feeling like they are just spinning their wheels. They are putting in all the effort but not seeing the results. They may advance in bits and pieces but the pieces don\u2019t fit together and the points don\u2019t add up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making a lot of jumps without a clear training plan will frequently result in the team feeling like they are just spinning their wheels”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To make the most out of your time and energy it is essential that your team has a step by step training plan to guide you through the year. A good training plan will lay a strong foundation that builds confidence and consistency. With that foundation set you should be able to successfully layer new skills and strategies that build on to it. There should be clear and specific short term goals. Each one of these should serve as a stepping stone towards the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t train all the dive pool at once; instead focus on sections, as below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plan presented here has worked for weekend teams and World Champions. This format that will work for any team but depending on a team’s current level and prior experience the outline can be molded to meet their specific team. You may have to make small changes to customize it for your team but it is an excellent place to start and you would be well advised not to steer too far away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good training plan will lay a strong foundation that builds confidence and consistency”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

STAGE ONE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First 10% of total training jumps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The primary goals during this first stage of training are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Learning to fly like a team, as if four parts of one machine.<\/li>
  2. Learning to fly \u201con the line\u201d, with as much power as you can control.<\/li>
  3. Learning to use the 4 Cs technique of putting yourself on the line.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    During this stage you will specifically begin working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n