If you’re considering indoor skydiving, or have experience with indoor skydiving, you may be wondering, can you indoor skydive alone or do you need an instructor?
The answer is – whether you’re new or if you’ve done it before – yes. Everyone needs an instructor to avoid injury and receive advice on how to indoor skydive with skill!
Why Do You Need An Instructor When You Indoor Skydive?
So, can you skydive alone or do you need an instructor?
We’ve touched on the answer… but it’s important to know why you need an instructor:
- First off, instructors can help you avoid risks associated with indoor skydiving. Effective communication with your instructor is key to ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience.
- Secondly, they can give you personalized, helpful advice to teach you to indoor skydive with skill.
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As a result, you’ll avoid injury and have more fun – learning tricks and tips – for indoor skydiving than you would by figuring it out yourself!
What’s more, skydiving instructors are meant to be friendly. They’re not there to control your experience, but rather to ensure it’s safe, and the best indoor skydiving experience possible.
With an indoor skydiving instructor, you know you’re in good hands, and you can relax!
What Kind of Questions Will An Indoor Skydiving Instructor Answer?
If you have questions, your indoor skydiving instructor will have the answer.
For instance, folk often ask:
- Do I fly alone, or can I fly with my friends? Many find skydiving to be more fun with other people. So, can you indoor skydive with friends and family? How many people can skydive together at a time? Is it more risky indoor skydiving with other people? Etc. Your instructor will know the answer to all of these questions, and more – never fear!
- What gear do I need? When you skydive, your instructor will teach you what gear to wear, and how to put it on properly. Usually, you’ll need elbow and knee pads, a helmet, and goggles. Before you hit the wind tunnel, your instructor will make sure your gear is in order!
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What Risks Will an Instructor Help You Avoid?
Indoor skydiving is considerably safer than skydiving outdoors; there is no natural fall.
Instead, you’re supported by enormous fans that create enough wind to keep you in a simulated freefall! As you can imagine, this eliminates a lot of risks involved.
This being said, there’s a reason you need an indoor skydiving instructor.
There are still some risks, although they’re usually minor:
- The most common risk when it comes to indoor skydiving is bumps. When you’re in “freefall,” if you tip to one side too much, you can lose control and bump into a wall. Or, more likely, another indoor skydiver! Instructors are there to turn off the wind if needed, to help you up, and to teach you how to avoid bumps in the future. Luckily, any indoor skydiving place worth its salt includes elbow and knee pads; these will also ensure you don’t get too scraped up, should you take a tumble. Prevention – with knowledge from your instructor – is your best friend, however!
- Sometimes, bruises do happen when indoor skydiving. These can come, once again, from falling out of the wind tunnel or by bonking into a friend! Bruises will become less common as you get the hang of it, and if you listen to the advice of your instructor!
- Rarely, folks have experienced dislocations, usually of the shoulder. For this reason, if you’ve had shoulder injuries, you may not wish to participate (although, if your shoulder has been healed for a while, you may still be eligible – check with the indoor skydiving place of your choice).
- The rarest injury you can get while indoor skydiving is a head injury. With your helmet on, this shouldn’t be a serious risk, just make sure to strap your helmet on properly and listen to the advice of your instructor!
Final Words
So, as you can see, an indoor skydiving instructor is invaluable. Their knowledge and assistance are not something you’d want to pass up, both for your safety and the quality of your experience.
If you have an indoor skydiving concern or question, they’ll have the answer, and teach you to indoor skydive confidently and with skill!
Interested in indoor skydiving? Get a head start by reading the beginner’s guide today.
