tracking is not however purely a life saving skill; many skydivers participate in ‘tracking dives’ where the whole skydive until break-off will be spent tracking. on all tracking dives there should be a designated leader, usually the most proficient tracker, who will plan the horizontal trajectory of the dive. this serves several purposes; first of all, the other trackers will have a target to chase, gauge their relative horizontal speed on and potentially take grips upon.