Hogwarts Flying (Class)

Flying, also known as Broom Flight Class, was a subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was taught by Madam Rolanda Hooch, the Hogwarts Flying Instructor and Quidditch referee. The subject taught students how to fly broomsticks. (New-Seeker)
==History==
During Harry Potter's first flying lesson, Madam Hooch had to leave the class unattended when Neville Longbottom crashed and fell from his broomstick. In her absence, Draco Malfoy discovered a Remembrall that Neville had dropped, and flew off with it when Harry demanded it back. Harry followed Malfoy on his broomstick, and although he had never flown before, he was able to control the broom with ease and managed to catch the Remembrall in a 50 foot dive when Malfoy threw it. Professor McGonagall witnessed the catch, and instead of punishing Harry for not staying on the ground as Madam Hooch had ordered, she offered him the place of Seeker in the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Fred and George Weasley noted that the Hogwarts brooms were not very good. The brooms did odd things such as fly too far to the left, and vibrate slightly when they were flown too high.
==Class information==
The course aimed of these lessons were largely aimed towards providing students with a basic understanding of the only the most elementary principles behind the study of broomology, which was to say, both how to handle a broom and progressively work on various techniques and manoeuvres performed while in flight, as well as receiving proper instructions on the subject of proper broom care and maintenance. During the tenure of Madam Rolanda Hooch, she would often warn her pupils against erratic flying, emphasising the importance of remaining focused, as the consequences of allowing oneself to become distracted or take unnecessary risks while in the air could, in the worst cases, cause the rider to slide off their broom and fall to their deaths.In some lessons, the use of enchanted rings was used to guide flight.
==Curriculum==
Forbidden from bringing their own brooms to the school in their first year, the students would each be supplied with a school broom, which were old and of poor quality, yet passable for the use of teaching pupils to fly.
===First year===
While in the first year, it was required that every student took flying, so that they would learn the basics before the second year.
*Summon broom: Before any pupil was allowed to take off on a broomstick, they had to first familiarise themselves with the one handed to them, the first step of which involved summoning the broom without touching it. To this end, the students would have to position themselves on the left side of it, reach out with their right hand and say, "with feeling" the word "Up!". If successful, the broom would have jumped up to their hand.
*Mount broom: Once successfully summoning the brooms, the flying instructor would demonstrate how to mount one's brooms without sliding off the end, and would correct students on how their grips on the broom should be.
*Liftoff and landing: Once ready to endeavour on the basics of flying, a fundamental step for broom riding, was to show the capability of controlling the broom to the extent of getting up in the air and getting back down safely. Students would be instructed to kick off from the ground hard and rise a few feet in the air while keeping their brooms steady, and then proceed to come straight back down on the ground by leaning forward slightly.
===Second year===
While no longer obligated to continue with the class, students who were interested in joining their House Quidditch teams or simply enjoyed flying may have chosen to continue with the subject to improve their skills, although it was not a requirement.While Flying class is stated to be compulsory for first years in , it does not say that it is not optional for later years. During the second year, lessons were mainly spent honing their reflexes.
*Fast Laps: Once the flying instructor deemed the students having mastered the basics, the students would be expected to demonstrate both speed and agility while flying.
*Weaving: Making quick turns during the flight while also keeping the broom steady.
==Known instructors==
Unidentified 19th-century Flying Instructor.jpeg|Chiyo Kogawa
RolandaHooch.jpg|Rolanda Hooch
==Media==
File:Harry Potter's First Flying Lesson|Flying Lesson
==See also==
*Hogwarts subjects
==Behind the scenes==
*The first book implies that flying class happens weekly for the first-years. However, only Harry's first lesson is described, and the class is never mentioned again. This could be because he showed his adeptness for flight in the very first class.
*Flying is the favourite class of Harry Potter actor Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy.Pottermore - What are the Harry Potter cast members favourite Hogwarts classes
*Flying is not known to be a subject of O.W.L. or N.E.W.T. exams.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Broomology
Category:Flight
Category:Hogwarts Educational Subjects