posted Jun 9th, 2020 - NSL Live Talk conversations with coaches Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett usually take place when their teams from Qatar visit for training camps or competitions in the United States, or at major international events. The Falcons (8-way - Jeremie Rollet) and the Tigers (4-way - Gary Smith) often travel and train together, and the NSL News has used winter training camps at Skydive City in Florida to meet the coaches and discuss topics in the Coaches Corner.

The latest Coaches Corner with Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett was recorded in February this year. Both Qatar teams were in Zephyrhills training for the Shamrock Showdown 2020. Golden Knights team captain Andrew Starr had joined the conversation during his own 8-way training camp at Skydive City.

Things have changed dramatically ever since. The teams and coaches left, and the Shamrock Showdown had to be canceled when the corona virus crisis began to take its toll on Formation Skydiving training and competition, as it did on all other parts of life in the whole world.

Gary Smith has participated in a few other NSL Live Talk conversations online in the meantime. Jeremie Rollett was also available yesterday, and both Qatar coaches agreed to meet once again, this time only via the internet.

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Recorded on 8 June 2020

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Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett are used to traveling a lot. In fact, both said that they have never spent as much time at home as in the months since they came back to their homes on Texel in the Netherlands (Gary Smith) and Bou in France (Jeremie Rollett) after leaving Skydive City in February.

Their teams from Qatar are in the same situation as most of the teams in Europe. Neither indoor nor outdoor training has been possible yet, and travel restrictions are in the way of possibly training at foreign locations. Gary Smith said that NMP PCH HayaBusa has also not been able to train at all.

Skydiving centers and windtunnels in the United States were facing similar restrictions, while there was more freedom to run and restart operations earlier.

Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett discussed the different conditions and the implications of the different timing in countries across the planet as one of the topics during yesterday's NSL Live Talk.

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FAI Indoor World Meet 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class Teams		M,K,D,14	Q,4,5	P,E,9,15	3,N,G,2	6,1,8	F,12,11	13,22,J	H,L,B,18	O,20,A,17	21,7,19	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	39	36	42	35	27	32	29	42	38	31	351	35.1
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	38	33	44	32	27	29	26	47	37	31	344	34.4
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	39	33	40	30	27	29	24	39	33	27	321	32.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	34	30	36	29	22	27	28	36	32	28	302	30.2
5	Airheads	CH	35	28	33	29	25	27	24	36	30	25	292	29.2
6	Black Cat	RU	34	29	39	29	25	22	25	36	26	22	287	28.7
7	Nephtys Weembi	FR	34	27	35	25	23	25	23	33	31	24	280	28.0
8	NFTO	UK	34	26	34	28	23	24	24	34	28	23	278	27.8
9	Echochamber	SE	34	27	35	26	22	25	20	35	26	24	274	27.4
10	ACM Weembi	UK	32	28	32	26	20	24	19	35	26	25	267	26.7
11	XPG4	US	34	26	33	24	21	24	24	28	25	23	262	26.2
11	Airfource	DE	33	22	33	25	22	23	20	35	25	24	262	26.2
13	Bubble Hubble	RU	29	25	33	24	22	23	22	31	25	21	255	25.5
14	China	CN	31	26	31	22	23	24	22	30	22	23	254	25.4
15	HF Flying Circus	CZ	31	26	28	23	24	22	18	33	19	23	247	24.7
16	Pro Team	FI	27	24	30	23	23	22	22	30	23	22	246	24.6
17	Team X	SE	26	25	28	24	20	22	23	28	24	23	243	24.3
18	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	27	21	27	23	20	22	21	29	21	21	232	23.2
19	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	27	23	28	23	19	20	20	29	21	21	231	23.1
20	Papea Masculino	ES	28	23	26	16	21	20	21	30	23	22	230	23.0
21	Out of the Blue	NL	24	22	27	19	19	19	18	27	24	20	219	21.9
21	No Mercy	PL	29	22	25	21	19	17	21	23	20	22	219	21.9
23	Skynamite	DE	28	20	26	20	17	17	19	26	18	19	210	21.0
24	Voss Vind Girls	NO	27	22	24	18	18	19	20	23	19	19	209	20.9
25	H40	IE	22	19	23	17	18	17	17	24	20	19	196	19.6
26	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	23	19	23	17	18	17	14	22	19	17	189	18.9
27	Lithuania	LT	26	15	19	15	17	16	17	21	-	-	146	18.3

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Indoor teams in yellow - Indoor/outdoor teams in grey

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Both coaches were not too concerned with the timing of the worldwide restart and the lack of training and competition in the past months. They think that is not necessarily a disadvantage to get a break, even if it might be longer than expected.

Gary Smith explained that it can even be motivating and rejuvenating to get a break. The Formation Skydiving competition world was different before wind tunnels added indoor training and competition to the team agenda. Especially the addition of FAI/ISC indoor world meets and world cups to the annual schedule created a very busy year for teams, if they wanted to participate at indoor and outdoor events both, as most 4-way teams do.

Teams and competitors used to have a winter break at the end of the outdoor season, as most athletic teams have in other major sports. The winter break was used to recharge with energy and motivation, and it gave teams and coaches enough time to evaluate performance and techniques. Winter and early spring camps at skydiving centers with favorable weather conditions interrupted the winter break in a productive way. The new indoor/outdoor combination has now put more pressure on teams and has made efficient planning more difficult.

Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett both agreed that the teams with a longer break due to the corona virus crisis could come back with a strong desire and a lot of energy to resume training and competition. The corona break could have been more productive than it may have looked like. Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett both plan to bring their Qatar teams to the USPA Nationals at Skydive City in November, as long as the travel restrictions will not be in the way any longer.