On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 10:57:06 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Student pilot he can someone please explain why the SSA signals for the turn are the opposite of what is in the FAA Glider Flying Handbook?

That seems like it could cause some confusion. The SSA signals seem to make more sense, and seem accurate to what is discussed here.

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...a/gfh_ch07.pdf Figure 7.2

vs

http://www.soaringsafety.org/briefings/signals.html

-Garrett

Garrett, The FAA publication is WRONG.