How to Do Daffy Moves in Skydiving

Gymnastics, ice-skating and dance are a few of the many disciplines from which freestyle skydiving borrows movements. When learning, it is best to perform these positions at slower speeds and in small groups. Skydivers jump at about 13,000 feet. Practice these tricks repeatedly to perfect your daffy moves in skydiving.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Make your legs as straight as you can while splitting them apart, so one leg is in front and the other is back. Your upper body is upright and your shoulders face the front leg. This is the Daffy.

2. Extend one arm out to the side and touch the hand on the other arm to your head like a salute. This is the Daffy Salute.

3. Bend both arms and place your hands on your hips to do the Daffy Hip-Hold.

4. Rotate your shoulders towards the back leg and move your arms so they come close to lining up with each leg. Your back hand will stop above your back knee. This is an Oblique Daffy.

5. Place both arms straight above your head and you are in the Daffy Hang.

6. Tilt your torso downward and roll towards the front leg. Straddle and switch legs. Then bring the torso back up and stop in the Daffy position on the other side. You just did a Daffy Arabian.

7. Combine moves to form a set. Bend the back leg up at the knee, keeping your thigh horizontal to do a Kick-Up Daffy. Change and bend the leg down at your knee at a 90-degree angle pointing your foot down into the wind. This is the Broken Leg Daffy. Repeat Step 1 to get back into a Daffy, but bring both arms down to your sides and push your hands flat against the wind to switch to a Daffy Press.

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