mt-rw-blog tag:startskydiving.com,2009-11-04:/mt-rw-blog//2 2010-02-11T18:52:51Z Movable Type 4.3-en Team Building tag:startskydiving.com,2010:/mt-rw-blog//2.5 2010-02-10T15:58:03Z 2010-02-11T18:52:51Z John Hart II Probably the hardest single step of getting into 4-way is building a team.  Often, the next hardest step is keeping that team together for the first month or two.  A team is usually most cohesive and successful when the members are similar in the following ways:

 

1.      The amount they want to train

2.      Their level of ambition in the sport

3.      Their current skill level

 

These factors are sorted by importance.  Flying skills can be upgraded with a little training, but a person who wants to make 50 jumps a year will not commit and follow through on a 300-jump schedule, and a jumper wanting to train 6 days per month will soon be frustrated with a 2-day-per-month schedule.

 

Personality compatibility will often prove to be one of the greatest challenges of the sport.  Learning to work with people different from oneself, under adverse conditions, is sometimes the test of a successful 4-way jumper.

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