Swooping Competitions
Jakob Jelling
No sport would be complete without a competition for the best of
that sport to show off their skills, and swooping is no exception.
Just like any other sport, there are swooping competitions
year-round in several different countries around the world.
If you have been swooping for a while, and you want to see
how well you compare, then you should look for a swooping
competition in your area.
Swooping competitions are relatively new, and there are two
different types. The first is just a swooping competition in
which all of the sky divers are accomplished swoopers. The second
type of competition takes place as part of a larger sky diving
competition.
Even though swooping is a new sport in a lot of areas, and there
are not always competitions in place wherever you go, the number
of competitions worldwide is increasing. In fact, these
competitions are doing a lot to add to the popularity of the
sport - both among other sky divers and other people who are just
looking for an extreme sport to watch.
Most swooping competitions are only for very expert swoopers.
Since a lot of the different maneuvers that are required in the
competition are difficult, none of these competitions are open to
everybody. If you would like to compete in a swooping
competition, then you're going to have to qualify. You can
qualify by showing through a few jumps that you have control over
your canopy, and that you are able to accurately hit inside of a
target area.
Swooping competitions also generally consist of several different
rounds. This way, more than one skill is being tested through the
competition. Also, in this way, the best overall swooper wins -
and a single bad jump may average out in the end.
Before competing in swooping competitions, you may want to try
competing in regular sky diving competitions for practice. Some
of the skills that you will use in order to do well in these
competitions should help you as a sky diver - and you will be
able to get used to the stress of sky diving competitions before
you find yourself getting ready to swoop competitively.
Jakob Jelling is the founder of
http://www.swooping.net . Visit
his website for the latest on this new and extreme way to
skydive.
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