DZSpotter Coaching
Coaching on DZSpotter
Coaches post when they are free. Jumpers find them. Nothing costs anything.
Why this exists
Coaching availability is usually posted in a dropzone WhatsApp group or a Facebook group, by hand, as a message that scrolls out of sight within a day. Anyone who did not see it in that first day never sees it again.
Students ask for a coach in the same groups, and they ask repeatedly, because the first time they asked the message got buried under everything else posted that week.
Nothing in either direction is searchable later. A coach with a free week and a student looking for exactly that week have no way to find each other unless both happen to be reading the same group at the same moment.
What a listing does
You post your availability once on the DZSpotter Buddy Board, live and public today, and it stays findable instead of scrolling away. Everything below is live now.
- Unlimited availability posts, with no cap now or planned
- Live on the Buddy Board today, and on the dedicated coach directory once that page opens to the public
- On-platform messaging with the jumper, so no phone number or email has to change hands
- A branded share card and a QR code for every post
- One optional group chat per post
- Five saved search alerts
- The strongest verification badge you qualify for: ID, phone or email
- Your posts shown on your own DZSpotter profile
- Free event submission, with independent event boosting already available
Free to post, free to browse, free to message. DZSpotter takes no commission on coaching and never handles a coaching payment.
Two additions are being considered and neither is built. Everything that is free today stays free: a paid addition would only ever add to what is above, never take anything away from it.
A permanent coach page
A page of your own that does not expire the way a post does, with your bio and disciplines.
Tools for coaches at several dropzones
For coaches who move between sites or between seasons.
Ready to post your availability?
Write your post now. You can sign in when you submit, and nothing you write is lost in the meantime.
List your availabilityCommon questions from coaches
Before you post or message
- DZSpotter does not verify coaching ratings, licences or insurance. Check them with the coach and with the dropzone.
- Coaching is arranged with the dropzone. A dropzone decides who coaches on its airfield and under what conditions.
- DZSpotter takes no payment and no commission for coaching. Any fee is agreed directly between the people involved.
DZSpotter connects people. It does not verify licences, ratings or currency. Coaching and instruction are always arranged through the dropzone. Confirm licence, currency and any coaching ratings with the dropzone before you jump together. This feature is for adults aged 18 and over.