Good day everyone,
How do you get better at buoyancy, air consumption trim, kicking ect, if you are always following an instructor or a dive master in the water.
If you are a single guy like my self you are probably have been on a couple of Dive vacations where you you get told to follow the leader and you get paired with an insta buddy if you and your buddy brake off from the group, I get scolded by the DM later on being out of sight.
Or in another situation I got scolded by an instructor because I was moving to much in the water. Basically it was one of those situations where the more she told me to relax I became less relaxed, kind of a catch 22 situation.
I feel better now because the current outfit I’m going out doesn’t have a dive master in the water, this means the biggest gains I have made in comfortably in the water have actually come from when, I was paired with somebody random, with no stress to swim HERE or DO THIS, or LOOK AT THIS, it’s been a good experience because it’s forced me preplan and execute dives, think and communicate critically of my buddy and his/her gear and diving style and how it compares to mine. I can also swim at my own pace.
I have been lucky in that since. Because I have met some great people. YouTube videos and these threads have also been great informative sources.
But, back to my original food for thought question. How do you improve your diving skills if your always stuck following somebody around.
How do you get better at buoyancy, air consumption trim, kicking ect, if you are always following an instructor or a dive master in the water.
If you are a single guy like my self you are probably have been on a couple of Dive vacations where you you get told to follow the leader and you get paired with an insta buddy if you and your buddy brake off from the group, I get scolded by the DM later on being out of sight.
Or in another situation I got scolded by an instructor because I was moving to much in the water. Basically it was one of those situations where the more she told me to relax I became less relaxed, kind of a catch 22 situation.
I feel better now because the current outfit I’m going out doesn’t have a dive master in the water, this means the biggest gains I have made in comfortably in the water have actually come from when, I was paired with somebody random, with no stress to swim HERE or DO THIS, or LOOK AT THIS, it’s been a good experience because it’s forced me preplan and execute dives, think and communicate critically of my buddy and his/her gear and diving style and how it compares to mine. I can also swim at my own pace.
I have been lucky in that since. Because I have met some great people. YouTube videos and these threads have also been great informative sources.
But, back to my original food for thought question. How do you improve your diving skills if your always stuck following somebody around.