How many pool dives before OW dives?

[swmarc]

I am taking the class through my school and we have 1 lab (3hrs) and 1 lecture (1hr) a week for 15 weeks. So, by the time I am done I will have had about 10-12 pool dives before we hit the open water. Is this about normal or way above it?

 

[jbd]

That sounds about right for a school program. Ber Rabbit, who is a member here teaches a university program. She could answer definitively.

 

[meekal]

well above. consider yourself fortunate that you will be well prepared for your U/W fun!

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

It's above normal. A good shop tries to get 4 to 8 pool sessions I've discovered. Others will do one pool session, others head for open water and consider the checkout dives training dives.

 

[deepblueme]

The Uni/School we taught at had a 13 2 hour pool 1 hour class format.
One of the shops I taught at had a 6 Sunday 2 hour pool, a 3 Wensday 4 hour pool and a 6 hour Sat/Sun pool.

The College class had more pool time for sure but did not neccesaraly(sp) produce better divers!
The all cheerleader class wore me down (wouldn't listen) but was fun.

 

[diver 85]

You might be AOW when you hit the open water......from what I'm hearing, that's way above the average---which for you is good.......

 

[TSandM]

My class did four pool sessions before the first 2 OW dives, then 2 more and the second two OW dives. I could definitely have used more.

 

[shurite7]

Here at UMT we teach once a week, 2 hours per night, for 13 weeks. 5 weeks for classroom and the rest for the pool. After finals we'll take the students out for their check-out dives over a weekend.

C

 

[swmarc]

good to know. I wouldn't worry about the class producing poor divers my instructor runs to pool sessions like a drill Sargent. I haven't done so many push ups since high school.

 

[jbmooney]

I haven't done so many push ups since high school.

Of course, there's a lot more to diving than push-ups, but you're getting way more class time (both wet and dry) than many. I had four CW dives (2-2.5 hrs each), home study with basic in-class review of knowledge review quizzes, and four cert dives in two days over a weekend (the cert dives were pretty cursory - demonstrate prescribed skills and done).

I came away having met the standards (and holding a card), but not much else.

Yours sounds like a good class - enjoy it. I'm jealous!