(HBO) - From July 9 to 13, in Hoa Binh city, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism hosted a professional training course for the paragliding instructors nationwide in 2022. There were 37 people from the paragliding clubs across the country participating in this course.



Scoring practice and technical guidance for the trainees at Vien Nam mountain flight point, Quang Tien commune (Hoa Binh city).

Within the framework of the training course, the trainees are guided by Japanese experts on the following contents: How to teach the ground (the parachute rope pressure, how to keep pressure, the standard arch form, how to approach new learners and adjust the ground error correction, the ground exercises); how to teach short flight (the parachute maneuvering, the take-off, balancing, landing); the effect of parachuting on newcomers (flying safety, checking weather, equipment, obstacles when flying, creating the multi-dimensional vision when flying). In addition, the trainees are also trained to practice the take-off direction, the landing direction, and the psychological training for trainees.

This is an activity of practical significance to improve the professional qualifications of paragliding coaches, contributing to promoting the response to the campaign "All people do exercises following the great example of Uncle Ho”. The trainees also visit the famous tourism attractions such as Hoa Binh hydropower plant and Da river lake bed (Hoa Binh city), the tourism spot of Kim Boi mineral spring (Kim Boi), Lac village (Mai Chau).


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