11.  I am an experienced gymnast/trampolinist/board high diver. What extra training do I need?
Gymnasts and trampolinists/high divers have good basic skills for high falls, and acrobatic fights. Additional specialist training is needed for any stunts involving cars, fire, etc. To do fight scenes they need stage combat training. They could try to just specialize in high falls, but this is very limiting - only about 10% of all stunts are high falls. If the high fall involves crashing through glass or being on fire then they may not be able to do it. Technology in the form of decelerator/descender devices and digital technology is making skill at free falling from a great height redundant. Many stunt people currently working in the industry do high falls and a variety of other stunts. There is little or no need for someone who can only do high falls.
 

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