In the first of our interviews, we have Hibaldstow regular team, Eclipse who have just spent a full training week at the DZ. The following answers are from Simon Chittick and Jenny Buckle.
1. How has your final team training gone this week and do you feel your ready?
Training has gone really well. 38 jumps in 5 days. We felt we had learned the techniques on our previous camp and in the tunnel. So this week was about consolidating that and building on what we have already learned. Our coach, Katie Woods, has been with us for the whole week and has been giving us lots of challenging dives. We were allowed to unwind on the last jump with an all random dive and scored our best ever of 28 in time!
2. Do you think it's a good idea to do a full week of training right before Nationals?
It is a good idea to train, but it is very important to have a break before. We took 2 days off to get off the dropzone to allow us to relax and re-energise before the nationals. We now feel we have a good balance of being current and competition ready without being worn out.
3. Which teams are your major competition in single A and do you get on with them?
We expect Tetris, Gravity and Full Stop to be our major competition. During the season, we have been close to Gravity and Tetris. There may well be other surprise teams that we haven't seen yet that will turn out to be strong. We just hope to do our best. The official party line is yes we get on with them all, unofficially, we will let you know after round 8!
Just as a side note, we want to thank the DZ for being so accommodating. It is doubtful if we would have got the volume of jumps in elsewhere.
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