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The Jacobson Flare – have you used it?

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Have any of you taught The Jacobson Flare to students?  Ever used it yourself.  I had never even heard of it until the last year or so.  I bought the app (it's more of a book than an app).

It doesn't appear to be significantly different than the way I was taught to land decades ago - though there is a lot more discussion on aim point calculation.

I'm just curious about others' insight.....

thanks

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  1. Mark Kolber on May 21, 2021

    I don’t get the gimmick. Of course the aim point is different than the touchdown point. What’s the “calculation?”

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  2. Ray Svobodny on May 23, 2021

    If you haven’t seen The Jacobson Flare video by its creator, it explains the technique in detail.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv3ZSHjt8fs&ab_channel=TheJacobsonFlare

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  3. Gary Moore on May 23, 2021

    Hi Ray – I have watched the video – I actually bought the book – I’m mainly curious if anyone has been teaching the technique 🙂

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