The coaching clinic is 4 day (28 hour) program. As a participant, you must attend the entire program in order to gain the maximum benefits from the program.
The AFF proficiency card is in the back of the USPA Instructional Rating Manual or can be downloaded from USPA’s web-site here:
http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Form_CoachProficiencyCard.pdf
USPA IRM requirements: Sit through one and teach 2 sessions of a complete First Jump Course.
Work Session:
- Introduction
- Role of the Coach
- Teaching for "skill development"
- The coach process
- Physiological techniques: warm-ups
- Psychology for performance enhancement
- FS progression
- Skill/video analysis
- Debriefing
Skill Activities and Evaluation:
- Skill Coaching Process (2 - 2 way jumps)
- Teaching skills
- Skill/video analysis
- Debriefing
- Positive communication
- Skydiving Skills
- Coaching process
- proper preparation for the jump to include canopy control tasking
- supervision in the boarding and inflight phase
- fulfill your role during freefall
- monitor your novices canopy control to landing
- perform a positive debrief
- Conduct a presentation
- Skill analysis
Written evaluations:
- pass a written technical exam with a pass mark of 90%
- pass a coaches technique exam with a pass mark of 75%
- pass the USPA entrance exam with a pas mark of 80%
Description of pre-task jumps:
Level #1 Coach Course
2-way: Drill # 1 - Exit is to be free flown or non-linked. The coach is to take the front float position with the partner (acting student) taking the middle float position. The coach is to launch to attain aircraft heading beside the "student." Once presented the two are to face each other and the student is to dock. Following the dock the coach is to break and move backwards and downwards (15-20 feet back, 6-10 feet down) and stop giving student signal (thumbs up) to advance down and forward to dock. Following the dock the coach is to move up and back (15-20 feet back, 6-10 feet down) and stop once again giving the signal to student to advance. The student then moves up and forward to dock. Repeat the sequence to break-off.
