Where to Start

Your skydiving journey begins by booking our Jump Start Package. This package includes everything you need to get started, including your First Jump Course, training materials, and the essential items you'll use throughout your progression.

Good news: This is the only portion of your training that must be booked and paid for in advance. After that, you can simply pay for each skydive as you progress through the program at your own pace.
 

Accelerated Free Fall (AFF)

After completing ground school, you'll make your first skydive with two USPA-rated Accelerated Free Fall instructors. These instructors are specially trained to teach new skydivers and will guide you through your early jumps, providing in-air assistance while you build the skills needed to become an independent skydiver.

During Categories A through C, your instructors will remain with you throughout the skydive. Once you've demonstrated the required skills, you'll transition to single-instructor jumps during Categories D and E.

Each category introduces new objectives, including:

• Stable freefall body position

• Altitude awareness

• Safe parachute deployment

• Controlled turns and forward movement

• Backflips, barrel rolls, and other advanced freefall maneuvers

• Canopy flight planning and landing skills

Every jump is carefully planned with specific freefall and canopy objectives, ensuring you continue building confidence and competence with each skydive.
 

Coach Jumps

After successfully completing the AFF portion of the program, you'll be cleared for freefall self-supervision. While your instructors will continue to assist with gear checks, jump planning, and debriefs, you'll now have the freedom to make solo skydives without an instructor holding onto you.

Once you've completed at least one solo skydive, you'll begin working with a USPA Coach to complete Categories F through H.

These jumps focus on the fundamentals of group skydiving, including:

• Safely approaching another skydiver

• Maintaining proper fall rate and level

• Taking and releasing grips

• Flying relative to others

• Safe breakoff procedures and tracking away from formations

These skills prepare you for fun jumping with other licensed skydivers after earning your license.
 

Ready for Your A License

Once you've completed every requirement on your USPA A License Progression Card, you'll be ready for your check dive and written examination.

After successfully passing both—and completing a minimum of 25 skydives (including any tandem skydives you've made)—you'll officially earn your USPA A License and join the community of licensed skydivers.

Congratulations! You'll now have the freedom to jump at drop zones across the country and continue developing your skills in one of the most exciting sports in the world.