SCUBA: A Practical Guide to Advanced Level Training is coming out November 1st on Amazon. Kindle will follow shortly after. I have been working on this for over a year now. A few people have had the chance to review it. It also contains a foreword by Richie Kohler of Deep Sea Detectives and the book "Mystery of the Last Olympian- Titanic's Tragic Sister Britannic".
Dealing with the most common training taken after basic open water - Advanced Level or Advanced Open Water- it approaches the subject in much the same way as my first one did with the basic class.
There is some info from the first one included and then expanded on. It contains the essays I have been sending out regarding back plates and wings and the one on Post Traumatic Stress in Recreational Dive Rescues. Below are few of the initial reviews:
“James has once again written another no nonsense manual about diving. His knowledge and insight is apparent throughout this manual. I would recommend this book for every diver's library.”
Brian Carney
President
SDI/TDI/ERDI
“Overall Jim, this book provides an excellent workbook / guideline for open-water divers to bring their awareness and skills to a truly useful level. Well done, mate!”
Steve Lewis
Techdiver Publishing & Training
Advanced Programs for Divers and Instructors
CCR and Open-circuit, Expedition and Overhead
Travel Adventure Consultant, Author
“Overall, a great book. This will be a great resource for anyone who purchases it. I enjoyed reading the book. We have a lot of similarities in our approach to teaching. Definitely a book I will recommend to any newer divers I encounter.”
Rob Neto
Sidemount, Technical, Rebreather, & Cave Diving Instruction & Mentoring
Chipola Divers LLC
“Overall, excellent, excellent, excellent! I already recommend your first book to students. I'll be adding this to my list as well. You gave me the idea of also presenting my students with handouts of additional information that I want to drill into them. This should become the norm. I would hope that this becomes common enough such that training organizations add it to their material. Thank you for giving me the opportunity for reviewing your book.”
Kosta Koeman
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Underwater Sports- Bellevue, Washington
"This book is a must read for any diver looking to move into advanced diving. In today's rushed dive courses, many instructors will have a new diver certified in a weekend and advanced certified with 5 dives past open water. Skill and knowledge development seemed to have gone out the window with most diving courses today. However, in this book you will learn proper gas management, dive planning, gear considerations, the diver's body position in the water, rescue skills, choosing an instructor, and much more valuable information. I would highly suggest reading this book before taking a diving class. Doing so will better prepare you, change your mindset about diving, and help you in selecting the appropriate instructor."
John Baker
Owner/Instructor
Scuba John’s Dive Shop
Lancaster, South Carolina
I'll be uploading a cover image in the next few days. For regular updates follow me here: UDM Aquatic Services | Facebook
Dealing with the most common training taken after basic open water - Advanced Level or Advanced Open Water- it approaches the subject in much the same way as my first one did with the basic class.
There is some info from the first one included and then expanded on. It contains the essays I have been sending out regarding back plates and wings and the one on Post Traumatic Stress in Recreational Dive Rescues. Below are few of the initial reviews:
“James has once again written another no nonsense manual about diving. His knowledge and insight is apparent throughout this manual. I would recommend this book for every diver's library.”
Brian Carney
President
SDI/TDI/ERDI
“Overall Jim, this book provides an excellent workbook / guideline for open-water divers to bring their awareness and skills to a truly useful level. Well done, mate!”
Steve Lewis
Techdiver Publishing & Training
Advanced Programs for Divers and Instructors
CCR and Open-circuit, Expedition and Overhead
Travel Adventure Consultant, Author
“Overall, a great book. This will be a great resource for anyone who purchases it. I enjoyed reading the book. We have a lot of similarities in our approach to teaching. Definitely a book I will recommend to any newer divers I encounter.”
Rob Neto
Sidemount, Technical, Rebreather, & Cave Diving Instruction & Mentoring
Chipola Divers LLC
“Overall, excellent, excellent, excellent! I already recommend your first book to students. I'll be adding this to my list as well. You gave me the idea of also presenting my students with handouts of additional information that I want to drill into them. This should become the norm. I would hope that this becomes common enough such that training organizations add it to their material. Thank you for giving me the opportunity for reviewing your book.”
Kosta Koeman
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Underwater Sports- Bellevue, Washington
"This book is a must read for any diver looking to move into advanced diving. In today's rushed dive courses, many instructors will have a new diver certified in a weekend and advanced certified with 5 dives past open water. Skill and knowledge development seemed to have gone out the window with most diving courses today. However, in this book you will learn proper gas management, dive planning, gear considerations, the diver's body position in the water, rescue skills, choosing an instructor, and much more valuable information. I would highly suggest reading this book before taking a diving class. Doing so will better prepare you, change your mindset about diving, and help you in selecting the appropriate instructor."
John Baker
Owner/Instructor
Scuba John’s Dive Shop
Lancaster, South Carolina
I'll be uploading a cover image in the next few days. For regular updates follow me here: UDM Aquatic Services | Facebook
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