My 1st Hour of Indoor Skydiving Progression

[@RandomAsh71]

That’s the best video I’ve found showing proper progression in a proper honest timeline…I’ve just resumed my tunnel training after 14 years out! My belly flying has been fine tuned after only a couple of lessons back so I’m looking at back flying and transitions next! Your transitions were excellent btw!! I’m an old dog of 53 and I’ve got the bug back and it’s so much fun…..Subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos…….You will be an instructor by the time I’ve watched them all!!

[@WigglyFlies]

Thank you, I appreciate it! Maybe not an instructor but I am hoping to become a coach one day! (hypermobile joints where my shoulders love to slip out of the socket if pulled the wrong way. Funnily enough, belly flying put it in the worst position where I feel they are the weakest and are more prone to popping out so I usually belly fly with my arms lower than 90° to the shoulder like mantis position) Spotting and catching people wouldn't be a great idea because of this but I would still love to teach. =D

[@fisttaface]

Awesome video. I just did 4 flys last Sat for the 1st time. I signed up for 10 flights to start actually learning to control it. I think i found a new hobby. Sucks its 1 hr drive, but so worth it

[@WigglyFlies]

It’s so addictive as a sport but worth it if you can make the time for it :)

[@clintonlee7837]

Thank you 🧡🧡for your post of progress. We've ifly'd on a Royal Caribbean ship many times, BUT never done the full IFLY indoor experience. We have booked this now having watched your videos and hope we don't have too much stuff to unlearn from the ship experience. Really looking forward to the full land based product.

[@md123180]

This was awesome. I loved watching your progression through the lessons. Seriously the BEST video I've seen on this so far. You showed that shaky beginning, you stuck with it, and you can see so much more confidence and ability. Seriously, amazing video!!!

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks so much! Im glad you enjoyed the video and seeing my progression :) Definitely have gotten a lot better at flying since then but im super happy with where I got in 1 hour

[@genoratram8090]

I couldn’t take my eyes away! Definitely a quick study…love to see you in your more advanced skill now.

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks so much! might take a while to see new stuff but ill post it eventually :)

[@mickspriggs7894]

Hell yeah! Congratulations on your effort. I've just started and I'm addicted haha

[@jamesbarros950]

Just finished my first one. Bought 10 more minutes on the spot. Super excited to pursue this

[@WigglyFlies]

its really one of the best sports in the world! really addictive :)

[@koek4539]

I just did my first session and I am loving it! Seeing all your progress is so amazing to see! Really excited what I all can learn!

[@WigglyFlies]

Thats awesome! Always feel free to reach out if you need any advice on anything. If you're like me and just wanna talk about flying all day long, my discord is always open as well :)

[@dazzlingone96]

You are amazing!!! I've just started working on belly to back over the leg transitions after almost 2h of flying. You make it look so easy!

[@WigglyFlies]

Hehe not that easy but thanks! Watch my fail vid and you'll get what i mean (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHvIZYOBbq-Ah7c)

[@dazzlingone96]

@@WigglyFlies Your fail videos are so relatable :) but your progress is amazing! And you are really brave too! I keep bailing and crashing for over the leg transitions (haven't worked on that for 2+weeks now. Looking forward to flying and trying that again soon :) What is that move you do at 2min 20+s in that fail vid? Where you walk on the glass and go over your head? Is that a back layout?

[@WigglyFlies]

@@dazzlingone96 Hehe sorry for the late reply but thanks so much :) in the fail vid the move i attempt to do from 2;15 - 2;33 is just a backflip off the wall at low speed (to be honest i haven't done it in a long time and you kinda reminded me i should try it again cause its fun lol) back layouts are a little different because when doing a layout you are trying to fly the whole motion where as a flip is faster and more "hucking it" in a way

[@bsimpson505]

Very inspiring. I am 40 min in and having a blast.

[@WigglyFlies]

Thats awesome! If you have any questions, im always happy to help :)

[@markrichards7164]

Looks fantastic. I’m having my first session shortly. Had many tandem skydives.

[@zacfagan8304]

I think I just found my new favourite yt channel

[@sky173]

Nice work. As a skydiver for many years, I sure wish I had more freefly time during each jump :) It was never enough.

[@dirkmoolman]

I really enjoyed watching this. Well done. And thank you for sharing.

[@apemandog493]

I rarely comment on stuff but this video made me so happy! Thanks for sharing!

[@WigglyFlies]

thanks so much!

[@guitarsk8er100]

Awesome video! After this past weekend of my gf and I fist time going to iFly in Tampa, we booked 8 flights and I plan on taking the classes as well.

[@WigglyFlies]

Nice! I have a few friends who fly at Tampa and its a pretty nice tunnel with great instructors, I hope you enjoy it and continue to pursue it :)

[@ambushb0y]

That flyings looking awesome! Keep up the good work!

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks, will do! :D

[@nasrouuuu]

Just looking at this is making extatic :D

[@TheFallUpwardsShow]

That was the most beautiful thing I ever saw.

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks!

[@matthewdoveton7071]

Wow. You were amazing.

[@from-Texas]

I need this!

[@thekingofmexico]

Awesome work!! I just started and have done about 30 mins. Just starting to walk and trying to improve my side sliding. You seemed to really progress quick after your 4th lesson 😮

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks! I did dance for 13 years so that kinda helps with body awareness and control :) With any orientation/goal in flying you'll get that click moment where it all just makes sense. Honestly the best feeling when you can do something without thinking about it

[@AuthorofMyPath]

Happy place... Pure Zen

[@government_Lies]

I have 13 min of flight at the tampa location, ive gone two times. I know how to slide, go up/down, hand turn, knee turn, and go forward and backwards. Soon ill be going back for another 10 mins to learn some tricks!

[@WigglyFlies]

Thats awesome! sorry for the very late reply, would love to hear where your'e at now!

[@joshmedina5471]

I genuinely would love to fly with you! I fly at the Denver location! I just got into back flying! And I’m at 15 jumps in for my A license! It was super fun watching your learning process! I fly with some fellow students who don’t have as much time and I love watching the light bulb go off for them! 😊🤙❤

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks! Coincidentally I am going to Denver in November! Maybe we can fly together then, send me a message on insta or join the discord server (in the description) :D

[@PetrPolach]

Talent!

[@MateoLeibowitz-]

I just finished my second session and it's so fun to learn (but also kind of pricy)

[@WigglyFlies]

so addicting! but yeah it can get expensive unfortunately

[@RCCanuck]

Subscribed. Thanks for the entertainment

[@jasmine._vlogs]

Amazing video !! I love to see the progression and how you improve really fast. At one point of the process your suit changed for an more “pro” suit. Did you buy it yourself or do they give it to you after a certain time of practice ?

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks! Sorry for the late reply but when I was confident in my belly skills, they let me borrow a tighter Flight School suit that most iFly tunnels have. You generally have to kinda prove you're good with a baggy suit first as its kinda like training wheels and then you can move on to a tight suit. I eventually bought my own suit from DEEM a while later but im really happy with it and its fully custom.

[@creativebodyflying]

Nice!

[@CRJCrombo]

I am a begginer skydiver (16 jumps so far) and I want to improve my free fall confidence so I’ve booked the wind tunnel and an instructor for a full hour in 9 days since my end goal is doing free fly. I wanted to get a feel for the progress I can expect in a tunnel and I stumbled across your video 😊 I am honestly amazed, keep up the good work 😄 EDIT: if anyone is interested, i have 3 minutes of logged free fall so far and I am still really shaky in the air 😅

[@WigglyFlies]

Awesome! tunnel time is the best way to improve your free fall skills and get you to free flying a lot faster (and cheaper) than trying to work it all out on an actual skydive, an hour is a lot of time to fly so definitely remember to stretch your shoulders, upper and lower back, chest etc. (you'll thank me later). Also most of the learning comes from what you do outside the tunnel, watch your videos and see how your movement affects things as well as if you can watch videos like on the IBA (tunnelflight.com) you'll get a lot of understanding of movements with those videos. (also make an account because then if you're going to an iFly, its the official way we track skills) Also practicing the maneuvers on the ground will definitely help with muscle memory as well. I hope this helps and good luck with your tunnel journey :D

[@CRJCrombo]

@@WigglyFlies forgot to stretch, regretting it now 😂 In the end did 45 minutes and was too exhausted to do more, but the instructor said that belly is ok (moving up and down, rotations and side sliding, last thing we did was rotating to belly and back on the tunnel floor) and we should probably move to backfly next month. Thank you for your response, wanted to leave some more feedback if anyone stumbles on this and is interested. I am now studiously analysing my videos and I got some feedback from the instructor.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Get in the plane dude. This isnt skydiving and its not parachuting. If you want to improve your freefall confidence then spend time in freefall, especially at your early stage.

[@CRJCrombo]

@@admiralbenbow5083 in think you are misunderstanding me, I am at 28 jumps currently as of today and at 2 hours of tunnel time. Tunnel is factually cheaper per second of free fall and since I have gone there I gained so much confidence having pretty much covered belly flying and started doing back fly. This year my team is starting doing both relative competitions and indoor relative so we will be doing quite a lot of tunnel alongside the regular jumps 🙂

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@CRJCrombo I am not misunderstanding you. Again, you need to be in a plane right now. Are you afraid of altitude? Tunnel flying is a different sport.

[@harmonygears]

Amazing!!

[@tam2xtreme]

Great progression video, I was interested in getting into flight lesson and this gives me an idea of what it'd be like. Would you be able to share the cost of the lessons?

[@WigglyFlies]

After you fly for the first time, it does get cheaper as you're considered a return flyer. My lessons were 10 mins long and i think i paid around $150ish for those 10 mins and as you proress past belly flying you start paying for coaching which is about $3.50/min. it really depends on the tunnel you are going to though. i hope this helps :)

[@STHARLYNJLopez]

I've been taking lying lessons in Westchester ifly ny doing the up and down side sliding it's been a little tricky but I get it pretty easy when my coach flys with me

[@WigglyFlies]

its so much easier to fly when you arnt thinking about how youre moving (arms, legs etc) but more about where you want to go. As soon as you can do something without thinking about how youre going to get there, it just clicks in your head and its the best feeling ever! (same with any orientation, belly, back, head up, and head down)

[@STHARLYNJLopez]

@@WigglyFlies you're right, I feel I get better every time I fly

[@victoriajackson460]

Congrats! I just did my first 10 minutes for fun and didn't realize how muh I would LOVE it! Where do you fly at? I'm over in Austin and will be using the training there for my skydiving training

[@WigglyFlies]

I am in Calgary Canada, if you need any tips, feel free to reach out :)

[@Drifterteetea]

I'm a former ifly instructor and tunnel coach (350 flying hours, thousands of instructing hours). I only have 82 skydives and everybody at the DZ is stunned by my flying skills (I dont say that I wass a tunnelrat) haha nice to see the enthusiasm in the early days, the learning curve is rapid those first 50 hours

[@SOLDOZER]

This is super fast progression and not the norm.

[@Lepardine]

I love your videos, did you do training to become an instructor or trained just because you liked it ?

[@WigglyFlies]

I started training cause I liked the sport, after that I began working at iFly as a CSR, I do eventually want to become an instructor but because of my shoulder injury I can’t be an instructor for another year at least. for now I’m happy as a CSR I just love to fly so either way I’m content :)

[@King-of-curses]

I am watching this the day before I go there

[@WigglyFlies]

How did it go? I hope you enjoyed it :)

[@King-of-curses]

@@WigglyFlies it was disappointing

[@WigglyFlies]

@@King-of-curses oh? May I ask why?

[@philperkins6963]

So cool! This is in Ogden Utah? I'm in Moab. I have 2 tandems jumps so far. Saving up for my AFF. I would love to get some tunnel time as well.

[@WigglyFlies]

a lot of iFly locations look quite similar, this one is actually in Calgary Alberta. Definitely would recommend getting in some tunnel time, it'll help you a lot with your control and movement in free fall. A lot of skydivers use the tunnel as an important training tool because you get a lot more time in the wind and can figure maneuvers out easier with coaching. It's also a lot cheaper and you can also progress a lot more especially if you want to try free fly. Another "good" thing about the tunnel is that it makes you realize when you're moving and gets you to stay still because of the walls. In the sky, there aren't any boundaries so you could be flying sideways and not realize.

[@Kai-km1cq]

omg, so fast ! tooks me 2 hrs to start backfly.

[@WigglyFlies]

Thanks so much! Where are you on your progression now?

[@Kai-km1cq]

@@WigglyFlies already 2 and half hrs still learning backfly up and down , unstable always hit the glass 😭

[@WigglyFlies]

@@Kai-km1cq you'll get there! honestly if you're overthinking and freaking yourself out whenever you start going in a direction you don't want to, just relax and reset your brain. It'll click one day and become super easy (thats the day you stop thinking of how you fly and just do the motion without thinking of it)

[@AnnekenClose]

Everyone learns at different speeds. I have only had 20 Minutes in the tunnel but I am starting back flying next time. (I caught on faster than usual) But don't worry if it takes you a little longer than others. I know someone who took longer than you even to start back flying.

[@alexxxmmm1]

@@AnnekenClose do you pay extra for coaching for back fly?

[@АндрейБогодухов-г5у]

Здорово!!!

[@jennadegnan3165]

Wow! That looks like the exact same iFly I went to today! Jacksonville am I correct?

[@WigglyFlies]

hehe not quite, its iFly Calgary, in Alberta Canada :) a lot of the iFlys look the same cause the construction is similar

[@jennadegnan3165]

@@WigglyFlies ohh that makes sense, thanks tho!

[@AdonisGaming93]

what package did you get? From what I saw on their website this much time would cost so much no?

[@WigglyFlies]

I first started on a first time flyer package then after you fly they offer you return flyer flights which are cheaper. After you fly, they offer you some packages at a discounted rate (you do have to buy them after you fly on the same day to get the deals) so each week I did 10 minutes and it cost about $155 CAD per 10 minutes, after I got past my lvl 1 belly skills, I got access to pro flyer time which is priced $13.66 CAD per minute and then with this rate there is a coaching fee of $3.50 that i pay to the instructor on the day. The return flyer rates i mentioned are not on the website as they are in store only. it is an expensive sport overall tho but i really love it so its worth it for me :)

[@AdonisGaming93]

@@WigglyFlies i eventually want my USPA skydiving license so I wonder if it's just better to only go a few times and the just start my skydiving training. I went yesterday and we got forward and back, rotating left and right, and then going up and down and I did pretty good for it being my first day. Instructor told me I was already pretty stable so I wonder if I should just go and instead go to a drop zone for skydiving and train there if im gonna do skydiving license anyway with instructors.

[@WigglyFlies]

@@AdonisGaming93 I always recommend mixing in tunnel time to skydivers even if youre not a beginner just because for any skills, you'll progress way faster if you use the tunnel to progress your freefall skills. (belly, back, head up, head down, flips etc.) tunnel is a lot different from the sky but it really makes you realize how much you drift and move around when youre flying. A lot of skydivers come in dead set on sit flying or head down or something but they've never been in a tunnel before so as soon as they even get in there on their belly, theyre flying all over the place and need to relearn how to control their motions. also per minute of freefall its so much cheaper. Much easer to do something in the tunnel where you have time to learn rather than trying to figure out a maneuver on a jump.

[@AdonisGaming93]

@@WigglyFlies true. I think for now what I'll do is start my skydiving first and see how I progress and then return to the tunnel if I need practice in a certain area. I don't think I can afford to do both simultaneously.

[@WigglyFlies]

@@AdonisGaming93 yeah I’d start doing some jumps but whenever ur learning a new skill I’d recommend visiting the tunnel for a session or two, it’ll really help starting out with tunnel time :) Do you fly in Calgary or somewhere else?

[@Impossibro]

How much does it cost to fly for that long?

[@WigglyFlies]

at my tunnel, time is $13.66CAD per minute and then if you want coaching its $3.50 per minute that you just pay to the instructor. hope that helps :)

[@MentalTacoDog]

@@WigglyFlies For some reason I don't see a coaching option on their site (only normal flight packages). Is that something you would ask for in person when you arrive?

[@WigglyFlies]

If you’re flying for the first time, pick one of the first time flyer packages, if you want to start learning how to fly by yourself you can ask the instructor and they will do some coaching with you. Only when you reach level 2 (back flying) is when you start to pay for coaching. I’d recommend booking at least 4 flights because they can’t really do much with 2 flights

[@MentalTacoDog]

@@WigglyFlies Thanks!

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[@Prophezora]

It seems like swimming

[@WigglyFlies]

Hehe not quite, the air applying force to you and you just have to hold and angle your body correctly to move and stay still, whereas swimming you’re actively moving and applying force to the water to move and to stay still you just stop moving. I’ve seen some people “swim” while flying and flail around and it’s kinda funny

[@WallyBecker-x6m]

how much? for all that I've heard that a 20 minute lesson is like 100 dollars!

[@WigglyFlies]

Its not a cheap sport, I paid about $150 CAD (not including coaching) when I was first starting. 20 minutes is a lot of time though for your first time. I did about 10 minutes per week every Friday for a while and I was super sore the first few times.

[@WallyBecker-x6m]

Cool!@@WigglyFlies I'd definitely like to try that out at least once

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[@ahmadhoteit890]

I finished 1 hour and im not even close to what you learned… sadly bad coaches ( had like 4 different for every 15 mins session), and its not motivating to learn because of this

[@Drifterteetea]

A good coach should watch your videos back and explain the biomechanics of what you are doing right and wrong. The expensive bit is the air time the priceless bit is the objectives and post analysis. Good luck 👍when you get onto layouts and head down performance anxiety and tension can become an issue. Gymnastics and yoga are absolutely the best out of tunnel activities to help.