Introduction
Skydiving is a sporting activity involving the exercise of jumping from a moving aircraft at high altitudes with the aid of a variety of sporting equipment such as the use of parachutes, tandem jumping equipment, wingsuits, jumpsuits, and other clothing gears used for protection against injury, and buoyancy allowance to float in the atmosphere (Steer, 2004). It entails non-mechanical individual or human group flight through freefall where the skydiver can do special tricks and moves during the short freefall duration. In the Midwest, skydive Chicago is the largest skydiving center located in Illinois, Chicago. It is home to one of the world’s best skydivers, and it is a successful company where both the experienced, novice, and practicing skydivers meet for competition and learning practices from qualified instructors.
The majority of the skydiving individuals congregate at the center with their skydiving gears including systems for taking images, capturing and storing videos showing the various movements performed by the experts, and the learning students for future reference and correction of mistakes made by the learners. The recording equipment enhances the effectiveness of the training process for both the jumpmasters and the students. Information system refers to an integrated collection of elements that accept input, store, and process and output the data or information in a form that is easily interpreted by the user of the system. In this case, the information system used in the skydiving sporting activity involves high-tech video cameras that take and record motion pictures in a three-dimension format while the individuals are in the air during freefall. The system is carried by an expert jumper who records the motion of the students, and the data can be transferred to external storage media for example archival tapes, magnetic disks among others (Poynter and Turoff, 2003).
Students Benefits
The information systems benefit the skydiving students in the following ways. The jumping attempts and practices made progressively at every moment are recorded using the system, and the recorded information is made easily available to the student so that the overall progress is sufficiently available. The skydiving student can view the moves made and compare them with the moves made by other students, hence resulting in a diversity of skills being shared among the students. In this case, one student can view the styles and skills employed by other colleagues and they can both encourage each other to try each other’s skills the next time they are skydiving, thus encouraging each other in their practices while skydiving.
The information provides secure storage of the videos obtained and easy access for future reference. By watching the stored videos, the students identify their mistakes and improve greatly within their next attempts. This minimizes the chances of mistakes being repeated and hence promotes the perfection of the entire skydiving practice. This ensures the development and adoption of skills within a shorter time or duration of practice.
The system, combined with the presence of qualified jumpmasters, promotes effective training of the students and immediate correction of mistakes. The integrated information system with online processing will enable the students to view pricing information (special offers and group rates), access, and view frequently asked questions and post questions online. This is in addition to easy access to all aspects of the company, and through online forums and picture galleries, the past and present students are able to share stories, experiences with others across the world. Online processing will allow immediate feedback from instructors, and in situations where there is a limit in the skydiving instructors, students can watch videos, study their recorded videos, and have the benefit of receiving immediate feedback.
Skydive Chicago Benefits
The center benefits from the systems used in the following ways. The system ensures that there is effective vigilance of each of the student’s progressive training in a less cost-effective manner, which consumes less time irrespective of the number of students present. The progressive activities can be easily stored and retrieved within the center and can be easily used for evaluation and training of the students for example the recorded videos.
The systems store vital information that is used for comparison and evaluation of students to determine the level of skills acquired and also easily identify problems, mistakes, and the speed at which the students can be able to grasp certain skills and perform various skydiving tasks. Due to the increased use and adoption of the internet, the majority of the processing activities will be carried out online, which guarantees batch processing, the center’s profile, services offered and other information will be easily accessible online and allowing immediate dispersion of information. The information system has promoted online commerce through their interactive website, www.SkydiveChicago.com, which allows visitors to view all pricing information including special offers and group rates, purchase tickets online and so on. The system has enabled the centralization and organization of the company’s information in an easy-to-access manner. There will be reduced operational costs, increased customer satisfaction and employee productivity. Skydive Chicago will be able to reach out to an exponentially greater number of people via the internet because people over the world will be able to search for and visit the company’s website (Carzo, 2008).
Conclusion
Skydiving is a sporting activity that is adopted and practiced worldwide and usually involves freefall from moving aircraft. The dumpsters usually have special sporting gear that ensures their safety while sporting. Skydive Chicago is the largest skydiving center located in Illinois, Chicago where a variety of expertise in sporting activity is experienced.
References
Carzo, A, R. (2008). Skydive Chicago Systems Analysis. Web.
Poynter, D. and Turoff, M. (2003). Parachuting: The Skydiver’s Handbook. NY: Santa Barbara: Para Publishing.
Steers, M. (2004). Skydiving. Finders Park: WINGS. Web.