Paraglding SIV Explained - Why you should do it!

Over the last couple of years, I've focused on becoming a better SIV instructor. I started teaching SIV courses about four years ago, and during the first couple of years, I realized that my structure had limitations and wasn't as efficient as it could be. This realization led me on a journey to find the best possible structures, curriculums, and teaching methods out there.
Luckily, I stumbled upon Flyeo. I spent five days with them, learning their structure and methods. These are experts who have been specializing in SIV courses for over a decade, with thousands of students and an analytical approach to teaching.
After spending a year using their structure and teaching my courses based on their curriculum, I'm amazed at the difference it has made. It's much more efficient compared to my previous methods. I'm excited about SIV courses and would like to share why I believe this structure is currently the best available.
While paragliding has limited maneuvers, and the maneuvers themselves aren't vastly different from other courses, it's the restructuring that makes the difference. Before we delve into the actual maneuvers covered in these courses, I'd like to discuss the pre-course knowledge base.
To me, this is the biggest game-changer. Typically, when you attend a course, you'd have a two- to four-hour briefing the night before or the morning of the course. You'd arrive, receive safety and maneuver briefings, and undergo gear and radio checks. This setup means you're trying to absorb and remember a lot of information just before your first flight.
This information overload is nearly impossible to process effectively. At best, we might remember 20% of what we've learned in the briefing. This is where the pre-course knowledge base makes a huge difference.
I've spent months building our pre-course knowledge base, adding numerous videos and text descriptions of each maneuver we'll cover and explaining why we go through them in a specific order. You get access to this knowledge base the moment you sign up for the course, usually months in advance.
This means you have time to prepare and understand every maneuver, and even practice simple exercises on your own before the course. Additionally, you'll familiarize yourself with the vocabulary and phrasing we'll use during the course. This new structure provides a more detailed breakdown of each maneuver, introducing terms like "pitch back," "pitch forward," and "catch and release," instead of just "catching the dive."
These concepts can be confusing if you encounter them for the first time during the course. The pre-course knowledge base proves invaluable here. The difference between learning this massive amount of information at your own pace over months, versus cramming it all in a couple of hours the night before or morning of the flight, is significant.
Moreover, not only will you better remember and understand what you're going to do, but you'll also know exactly how the course will progress. You'll understand which maneuvers we'll start with and why, and how the progression will unfold over the days you'll spend practicing the physical aspects of SIV in a safe environment over water.
As with everything in paragliding, knowledge and understanding are incredibly important. The goal is to anticipate what's going to happen, but to anticipate, we must understand how things operate, what happens during a collapse, and what the next move should be. Cramming all that information and knowledge into a three-day course, along with the physical exercises, is too stressful and has proven to be less efficient than it could be.
This is why the pre-course knowledge base is a huge addition to any course. The more informed you are before you come to the course, the more effectively you can use your time during the course to learn the physical aspects. The theoretical knowledge will be there as long as you do the homework before you arrive. This approach allows for a more focused and productive learning experience.
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[@MarkSands-th8sv]

Great stuff sounds exciting!

[@FlyingKarlis]

Thank you! I think that SIV's is an integral part of paragliding training and when done right, can accelareate pilots progression and help pilots fly safer and more confidently.

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