Skydive Coaching (Experienced Jumpers)

Great Lakes Skydiving offers coaching for every aspect of skydiving. Improve your performance with assistance from our professional skydiving instructors.

Once you complete the basics required in the certification program and become a licensed skydiver, Great Lakes Skydiving offers the following to experienced skydivers:

Custom Freefly Training

Learn to fly your body in any direction, at any speed.

Training Skills Include:

  • Basic sit position
  • Head down
  • Transitions
  • Stand up
  • Back flying
  • Enhanced tracking
  • Freefly fall rate
  • Forward & backward movement and turns

Canopy Training Swoop Seminars

Enhance your knowledge and canopy control performance with the following:

  • Basic Aerodynamics
  • Aspect ratio
  • Airfoil
  • Wing loading
  • Trim
  • Lift
  • Drag
  • Flow separation
  • Thrust & weight
  • Center of mass, center of lift landings
  • Angle of incidence
  • Camber

Flight Environment:

  • Turbulence
  • Density altitude
  • Traffic management
  • Break off & deployment
  • Crosswind, downwind
  • Final approach

RW Training

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"One on One" or "Two on One" or "4 Way" body flight coaching.

Skills Include:

  • Exits
  • Body Postion
  • Grip Taking
  • Fall Rate
  • Forward & Backward Movement
  • Side Slides
  • Turns
  • Combination Moves (super positioning)
  • Tracking
  • Canopy Control
  • Creeping Techniques
  • Mental Preparation & Focus
  • Team Dynamics

Experienced Team/RW Coaching

Professional 4-way RW competitors are available everyday for coaching individuals, small groups, teams or large groups. 

RW coaching at Great Lakes Skydiving is tailored for your individual, group or team goals with a focus on having a good time while improving your overall skill level. Our coaches can organize your group skydive or provide a detailed jump progression plan for individuals or teams. Each coached jump includes a dirt dive, the skydive and video debrief.

Contact us to reserve one of our coaches for a jump, a weekend or a week! We want to see you improve your skills in the skies over Great Lakes Skydiving!

Basic Entry Level Coaching

Great Lakes Skydiving coaches are on staff everyday to assist recent graduates of the student skydiving program or individuals wanting to work on basic relative work skills. Staff coaches include seasoned Accelerated Freefall Instructors, competitive 4-way team members and USPA-rated Coaches.

Our entry-level coaching program follows the USPA Integrated Student Program. The coaches at Great Lakes Skydiving help you attain the skills needed to complete your “A License” proficiency card.

RW coaching jumps focus on the basics of a stable exit, head-high body position, center-point turns utilizing arms and legs as well as taking and releasing grips. Entry-level coaching at Great Lakes Skydiving is a one-on-one program that helps you move toward skydiving with larger RW groups.

Contact us today to reserve one of our coaches for a jump, a day or a weekend!

Call us at 1-800-490-3483 today!

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Testimonials
I can't brag on this place enough. Everyone was so wonderful from beginning to end. Lance was my husbands instructor and Junior shot his video. They were both great. The facility was wonderful and we're going back in the spring! I encourage anyone, especially first timers, to experience skydiving here!!!
- Christy

Ted and Crew (Corn, Woody, Barry, & Kristin), Thank you for providing one of my best Father’s Day I have ever had. It took a long time to make this dream come true. Two years ago I weighed in at 426 pounds. On August 11, 2010 I had a Gastric Bypass Operation. I have lost over 200 pounds since then. Along the way I also had two knee replacement surgeries in 2011. I know I can speak for my jumping partner Crystal and I about how impressed we were with your professionalism and dedication to providing a safe and entertaining environment. We both see why you all love your jobs; although I’m not sure I would consider it work seeing how the passion for what you do shows through. Our short time at the hanger made us feel as though we were part of the group. Even our supporters got something out of the experience. Even though I do not show much emotion on the outside, I had a ball. I especially like leaving the plane in a backward roll out, it really looks cool on the video and in the pictures. For me this life experience comes in at number 3, number 1 was the birth of my daughter, number 2 was my becoming a United States Marine. Once again thank you for a wonderful experience, “We Will Be Back.” Jim Reece
- James Reece

I jumped for my first time yesterday for my 18th birthday gift! and let me tell you it was the best experience of my life. My instructor was Jarrad who was so motivating and helpful!-thankyou Great Lakes Skydive for a AWESOME first jump!
- Daniella D'A