The importance of deliberate practice !... ):)

This is an attempt to encourage people to deliberately practice emergency procedures.
Intentionally look for feedback from experienced people and use video cameras to live you that instant feedback, its a tremendous tool to increase your learning.
Emergency procedures and human factors.

[@gc7782]

Incredible. I never would have thought that so many would be pulling in the wrong sequence. Thank you for your videos

[@PaulLochmann]

Thank you very much for the video! There's not much more to say! Thanks.

[@caseyskydive]

This was a very eye-opening video. Thanks for making these Colin!

[@thomson1963]

Thanks for watching Casey, remember what you see there is a small sample in a small workshop, imagine if every jumper insister on a practice pull(before repack) and test pull(after repack), or whenever they liked to get a wee bit more realistic, deliberate practice in, actualy pulling the handles. Have a look at this very professional video from the paragliding world; kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52tfoeOgsiha9k

[@caseyskydive]

@@thomson1963 thanks for the additional link to the paraglider reserve pull study. That was also enlightening, and further supports the need for deliberate practice and standardization. Thank you for sharing your vast wisdom and information!

[@brittaklose6960]

Good video.Thank you for your tips and recommendations.

[@richardtofield5210]

it could be helpful to build a suspended harness for practicing getting out of twists.especially now with eliptical wings and wingsuits and RSLs and skyhooks..the lines of the set up might go through a big sheet of plywood to simulate the way they cascade up to the canopy..i keep seeing videos with twists and judging by the comments i dont think people are very good at clearing them....have a timed competition for who clears 10 or 15 twists the fastest.winner after a month gets a jump ticket or something but has to demonstrate the technique

[@cyfraplus]

This is great, more please !!! :-)

[@skydiver333nacer2]

i love th rezvolt saying..useful informtion..think u sir from algeria

[@thomson1963]

I'm very happy to know you find this useful, glad to be of help to a fellow African, I started my life in Zimbabwe.

[@ayev8tor]

Thank you. I did a couple AFF jumps at at large DZ and was never given the chance to test pull the pilot chute or cutaway handles.

[@thomson1963]

Hello ayev8tor, Thank you for watching, The curse of expertise, results in your instructor not explaining clearly enough. "Never underestimate the intelligence of your client and never Overestimate their knowledge." Insist on the opportunity to make some test pulls.

[@michaelkline5476]

If this video was compiled over a 20 year span I'd still be very surprised but it looks like this was stitched together over a short period of time. I'm absolutely shocked. That's about 10 skydivers who potentially would have bounced from not performing a simple, fundamental procedure. This should be as automatic as breathing for every skydiver. As a CRW dog who jumps with no RSL, no AAD, and a much higher probability of a cutaway than the avg jumper I practice this several times on every jump. Before I get on the plane and at least twice in the plane. Every time. Crw, rw, freefly, hop n pop doesn't matter the type of jump. Every single time a rig goes on my back.

[@thomson1963]

Hello Michael Kline, the CRW Dog, You are Absolutely Correct, I concur ! what you see is a small section, of my ever growing collection, of jumpers from around the world. Please see my answer to John Perkin, (above)

[@mukadder100]

let's say you are having a spinning malfunction under your main parachute (happened to me in a ws jump), would u only pull your cutaway handle and depend on your rsl to prevent pulling the reserve handle 1st? I mean both hands on cutaway, rather than 1 hand on cutaway and 1 hand on reserve. Because of disorientation, you might not know you completely pulled your cutaway and pull your reserve too early. What is your opinion on that?

[@thomson1963]

Hello Emre BAKIRCI, thank you for taking the time to watch and make your question. First, the links below are (just a few) wonderful examples of "some"of the physical and psychological "distraction"we are exposed to during a malfunction. Proper initial training, booster with deliberate practice made at regular dedicated times, will be a tremendous help. If you can get your rehearsal of emergency procedures polished to 100% shine, if you then need to perform in the air with some added hardships and distractions, that result in you loosing 25% of your "A" Game, you'll be at 75% "that's a Pass". The power of visualisation should not be underestimated, no DZ has a Fighter Pilot Training Simulator with all its wonderful benefits, But if you put your mind to it, you can improve your performance when under pressure from a variety of unplanned events. Both popular techniques (1 hand on each handle or 2 hands on one handle)If well rehearsed and both may have an unsatisfactory outcome if approached with an arrogant, blasé or complacent attitude. (as demonstrated in the video above) fashion accessory items, we are not making Feng shui, we're skydiving. Your Handles affect the ergonomics of your workplace environment. When ever you get the opportunity to pull your handles on the ground, (eg.before and after, reserve repack.see video "Skydiving with Un-Tested Equipment?") make it a full dress rehearsal, WingSuit, gloves, helmet, camera, selfie stick, jumpsuit pocket with something that feels like an emergency handle but doesn't work like one, etc. You can get it right, If you are willing to make the effort. Wish you all the best, Happy Landings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52tfoeOgsiha9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKzmIGYnLyGr7s en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_disorientation

[@abracadabear]

Honest, i really don't understand where and how these people have been trained to Emergency Procedures.i'm scared for them lol !

[@thomson1963]

Hello abracadabear, Please see the answer I made to MG photography, its also for you and all the other people that thought what you thought (but did not post a comment) Yes its difficult to believe but we humans all have the potential to have an "Off Day" The list of books I recommend, explain human factors better than I ever could. All the best, Colin.

[@pegleg2959]

Maybe you missed the part with Mr Dunning and Mr Kruger as guests?

[@sivonparansun]

These people are not looking at the handles before touching or pulling them...

[@thomson1963]

etc, etc. please see my answer to Wild Eye Studios comment.

[@johneperkin]

I think I'm most shocked at how you've got such a large collection of out of sequence emergency procedures....

[@thomson1963]

Hello John Perkin, thanks for watching, I hope this video encourages more riggers to run the camera during TestPulls and PracticePulls, instant FeedBack is a valuable tool to improve performance (do it for landings as well), I did not show my entire liberty and since uploading this video, I've received several new contribution, from around the world, the human factor is amazing. As educators we need to recognise, the need to improve our teaching technic. What is that saying, they use in the computer world? Garbage in, Garbage out ! It may be years before the moment comes, when we get to see our failed lesson result in a poor outcome for our former student. Stay curious, help someone else to be curious to and teach them well, to practice deliberately, as if your life depends on it.

[@Rus5ell]

This is crazy

[@sivonparansun]

Seriously....

[@djangoworldwide7925]

That Asian chick though..

[@mgphotography3074]

Really ????

[@thomson1963]

Hello MG photography and many others who are shocked at what they see, "human factors", how much sleep we get, what else is going on in your life, when did you last eat, drink and what was it, etc, etc. What I witness in my little workshop is a tiny portion of the jumping population, now imagine if everyone recorded their procedures before, after and in-between repacks. In aviation there is an old saying, about pilots forgetting to put the landing gear down, (GearUp landing) "There are those who have and there are those who have yet to" (we all live in glass houses, best not to throw stones) The following book are a fantastic read and help understand why we don't always perform how we plan, no matter how often we jump, how recently we were trained, how experienced we are. Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me). by, Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson Black Box Thinking. by, Matthew Syed The Power of Habit. by, Charles Duhigg Mastery. by, Robert Greene All the best, Colin.

[@mgphotography3074]

@@thomson1963 Thanks

[@wildeyestudios5]

huge facepalm! so many people either weren't taught properly or didn't listen to their instructors in a matter saving their own life.

[@thomson1963]

This is the tip of the iceberg, one small workshop in a little DZ on the CostaBrava. Imagine if all jumpers made practice pulls before and after each Reserve repack (at least, if not more frequently) with video "BlackBox", for direct feedback. The trick is to, have the surprise with two feet on the ground, not two hundred feet above the ground. Human Factors, The Curse of expertise, The Dunning Kruger effect, The introspection illusion and The fundamental attribution error, all explain why we do what we do, not always as we originally intended.

[@MrOrfordian]

@@thomson1963 A really interesting piece. I'm genuinely surprised and shocked at this. Clearly there is a problem within the subject group that needs fixing but your comment "one small workshop in a little DZ on the CostaBrava" obviously beckons further questions. Has there been similar analysis done at other/many DZ's...which countries, which training systems, DZ culture etc. I would be keen to know if there is a pattern or whether it is endemic within the global system. You're doing great work highlighting this but surely something is missing that this is even a problem... Thoughts genuinely welcome Colin

[@thomson1963]

@@MrOrfordian Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. There is a chance I'm a wee bit too pedantic, how others choose to conduct their work is up to them. The jumper is a vital component of the equipment. The eclectic mix of jumpers seen in this video are from around the world, they just happened to pass though on holiday, or work here, the only similarity is they all share and demonstrate, is a mix of human factors. Some not very current, occasional jumpers others fully fledged professional and competitors. Whether it's poor initial education, lack of encouragement to frequently rehearse or complacency and possibly dare say it arrogance. "You can't teach someone something, they think, they already know" I hope just maybe, if enough people see the video (and the others I've made, to increase knowledge) more will "record" their emergency procedures (before, after Reserve repack and any other time they want to rehearse actualy pulling the handles) Instant feedback (thanks to video) of your performance, when seen with an open mind, will benefit you and others hopefully the entire sport. " If you think you're too small to make a difference, you have never spent a night with a mosquito in your room".

[@MrOrfordian]

@@thomson1963 Thanks for the response. I was sceptical this was more than a localised issue. That you say it's a cross section of experience and currency levels is surprising. I'm interested to discuss. Direct message?

[@thomson1963]

@@MrOrfordian I'm not on The Twitter or other type social media platforms, I'ma bit of a Neanderthal, not sure what you mean by Direct message, please forgive my ignorance. On a similar subject , you may find these links worth a look. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f52tfoeOgsiha9k kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKzmIGYnLyGr7s kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKLZmHSre8yeZpI