{"id":2544,"date":"2025-02-11T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/?page_id=2544"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:23:32","slug":"basictraining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/basictraining\/","title":{"rendered":"BasicTraining"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2544\" class=\"elementor elementor-2544\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c17c28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c17c28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39f56c2\" data-id=\"39f56c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-144144d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"144144d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>OK, You are here. Lets think about how we approach the target and then improve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1155dcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1155dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f281955\" data-id=\"f281955\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b031be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b031be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all don&#8217;t forget all the basic stuff you always do. Assess the weather and do all the safety checks that\u00a0 you would normally do.\u00a0<\/p><p>It doesn&#8217;t matter how you took off you need to get into wind at an appropriate height in front of the target.\u00a0<\/p><p>With 50% control you will have a glide angle similar to the red cone in stronger winds and the green cone with lighter winds. Judging the cone is the trick because annoyingly there are no lines in the sky guiding you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-762969f\" data-id=\"762969f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-660bfec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"660bfec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitmap-300x180.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitmap-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitmap.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cd2458 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cd2458\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdb4217\" data-id=\"bdb4217\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8404a51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8404a51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Safety is paramount, we are working close to the ground.&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Don&#8217;t be tempted to get into deep brakes until you want to flare.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><em><strong><br><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Here are a few pointers once you&nbsp; are on your final approach:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at the target<\/li>\n<li>Keep your head still<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be aggressive with the controls<\/li>\n<li>Be patient<\/li>\n<li>If the target appears to be moving away, let up or use your speed system<\/li>\n<li>If you are too high use &#8216;s&#8217; turns to reduce your travel across the ground and burn off your height.<\/li>\n<li>If you are missing the target accept it, Land safely.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your coach and go again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31c640a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31c640a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea5eb11\" data-id=\"ea5eb11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c9e3cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c9e3cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obviously, there is much more to it than that. Accuracy is a team sport and we have coaches who will help you improve your results. Competition accuracy, like most skills, is about repetition and muscle memory<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, You are here. Lets think about how we approach the target and then improve. First of all don&#8217;t forget all the basic stuff you always do. Assess the weather and do all the safety checks that\u00a0 you would normally do.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter how you took off you need to get into wind at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2544","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2544\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paragliding-accuracy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}