These experts in the fields of big-way and competition skydiving are serving on the Dive Review Team due to their expertise in reading freefall video, and in identifying the cause(s) of difficulties that occur during a dive, or a series of dives.

The Dive Review Team will start their task by scrutinizing videos from the 357-way built by World Team ’04 – to identify trends that affected the building of that world record formation. This information will be used to quickly identify any similar trends that may develop during in the early stages of the dives in 2006.  In addition to monitoring individual performances, the Dive Review Team will be looking for big-picture scenarios as well – including the overall symmetry of the formation, build time of specific sectors, how well skydivers follow designated radials into the formation, how well the Break-off Plan is followed, etc.

Thanks to the technology available for World Team ’06, the Dive Review Team will be able to monitor freefall speeds throughout each dive, to see how this may affect the overall team performance. Large photographs taken during each dive will also be studied by the Dive Review Team to provide additional data throughout the event.

Information gathered and conclusions made by the Dive Review Team will be shared with the Dive Director, Sector Captains, and team members, so that constructive modifications can be made that will help World Team ’06 set a new world record.