This question is directed at new divers. Did your instructor drill skills and techniques which you discarded after you started to dive, especially when traveling away from your training sites? Did your first forays find you on group dives where the bar for performance in the water was lower or nonexistent? Did you decide "heck, who needs trim, who needs a non-silting kick, party on!" Or did you try to honor your training?
I ask this because of a concern raised in a recent thread on a new instructor course. There are many threads on SB which bear on this topic, such as this one on buoyancy.
I would like to hear from new divers who have made one or more dive trips. What were you taught? Did you feel it was over the top? Did you continue to strive for the examples set for you in training? Did you forget everything and let the divemasters be responsible?
My particular interests are trim, buoyancy control, and the ability to stop and hold your position. I see these as the new challenges for beginner training, to agencies, instructors, and students alike.
-Bryan
I ask this because of a concern raised in a recent thread on a new instructor course. There are many threads on SB which bear on this topic, such as this one on buoyancy.
I would like to hear from new divers who have made one or more dive trips. What were you taught? Did you feel it was over the top? Did you continue to strive for the examples set for you in training? Did you forget everything and let the divemasters be responsible?
My particular interests are trim, buoyancy control, and the ability to stop and hold your position. I see these as the new challenges for beginner training, to agencies, instructors, and students alike.
-Bryan