Here at the Oz Report forum.

#1 problem when people land... too slow.
#1 thing people *think* is the cause of their bad landings... hand position.

Here's the secret....

Most gliders can be flared at trim.

Now naturally this changes if you're not in the weight range of the glider or if it's trimmed wrong. There are ways to deal with all this, but you make exceptions to the rules only once you have the rules.

Lets be clear on this too... I mean what I say here.... they can be flared at trim.

There's a pilot here that demonstrates this every time he lands.... He swoops into the landing field... and slowly lets the glider come to trim in ground effect (yes, the slowing part is all done in ground effect)... when the glider gets to trim... here's the neat part... he lets go of the uprights.

I mean fully lets go... hands off.

He has his hands an inch or two behind the bars... then as he places them back onto the bars, he continues the motion up into a flare. It's a pretty fast movement once he starts to put his hands on the bars, and it's a smooth definitive movement.

Perfect landing... EVERY TIME.