OW Class in a BP/W.... PADI version

[Snowbear]

Uncle Pug considers you the finest diver he knows...

That's the finest compliment any diver could be given :blush:

 

[Snowbear]

It is probably due to the fact that the students and instructors actually took the time to learn and teach the skills needed.

Most definitely! This instructor does a weekly pool skills session for anyone who wants to show up. At least a couple of the 7 guys in this particular class went to one of those in addition to the pool sessions for their class.

I bet this wouldn't have happened if this was a resort/weekend course taken during a vacation.

LOL! Not too many folks come to Alaska in January for OW scuba training vacations :11:

 

[jonix]

You know what with how cold the water gets up there, maybe they were frozen solid that way.

:laughing:

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Just curious Snowbear ... how many hours in the pool does the instructor give these students before taking them to OW?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Henryville]

This is photographic proof that you DON'T have to teach everything sitting on the bottom at the beginning . . . right?

Unless that's the only way the instructor knows how to do it...

 

[dirthead]

That's awesome! The instructor even carried his canister light on the OW checkout dives? WOW!!! Wish I would have had him for my OW.

 

[Tollie]

I believe it’s the 3ed dive because I work with my students in just this manner on a regular basis. Now our water is a lot more comfortable 80F and we use .5mil wetsuits but the trim and buoyancy can be taught in a relatively comfortable manner within a 4-dive framework. You need to use gear that supports trim and buoyancy, you need to be a good model yourself, and you need to start o/w student out right the first time, and you need to use the dives as training dives with an emphasis on repetition of skills until they are embedded in muscle memory… they become second nature to a student. The student gains control over their breathing and skill performance at the same time.

Now situational awareness and team skills come only later with experience. But you have a great foundation from which to build and students seem to be much happier and do have more fun, as they are not so anxious and stressed.

I’ll say that at least 80% of my student can achieve the kind of control in as seen in Snows pictures within 4 dives. You dont have to be a great instructor to acheve these results (I'm sure not) just an instructor who is willing to grow and teach diving as divers dive. All of this is doable within standards.

 

[wheelietaco]

that instructor and DM freaking ROCk!!! WOW those students are better then me:god: thats not fair. Keep it up guys.

 

[Green_Manelishi]

Man, that is SO cool. I wish I had had that kind of instruction in OW. I wish I could meet that standard NOW! This is photographic proof that you DON'T have to teach everything sitting on the bottom at the beginning. . . right?

I thought it was taught by kneeling on the bottom?

Regardless, those pics are excellent and the students should be congratulated.

We all rise (or fall) to the expectations being set. Demonstrating how it can be done frequently causes others to say "I want to be able to do that"; which is exactly what my wife said after viewing some 5th D video clips.

G_M

 

[HybridDiver]

On my 3rd OW dive i was like that i caught on alot fast and plus i spent alot more time in the pool i would go in everyday and practice but we sure did not get drysuits and damn bp/wing i wish we got genesis cobra 1 and some ugly wetsuits oh boi is sure was cold