Nemrod:You should be a decent swimmer, PadI needs to toughen their standards, it would go miles and miles to improving the divers they turn out.
True, but that doesn't seem to be one of their goals.
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Nemrod:You should be a decent swimmer, PadI needs to toughen their standards, it would go miles and miles to improving the divers they turn out.
alan_lee:Gosh! You're allowed to float? My DI made all of us tread water! Tried to cheat by just lying back and got ticked off
Nemrod:You should be a decent swimmer, PadI needs to toughen their standards, it would go miles and miles to improving the divers they turn out. Your in and about the water, you need to be able to swim confidently, not olympic, but confident. N
SNorman:How exactly should they toughen their standards?
why stop certifying 10 & 11 yr olds??Walter:A few ways that c1. ome to mind..........
.1 stop certifying 10 & 11 year olds.
2. Eliminate the non certification SCUBA programs for kids even younger.
3. Require a 300 yd swim (no snorkel option)
4. Require a 50 ft underwater swim
5. Teach frog, scissor and dolphin kicks in addition to the flutter.
6. Require mask clearing to be mastered before SCUBA is introduced.
7. Require mask removal, replacement and clearing while skin diving.
8. Require recovery and clearing of mask and snorkel from the pool bottom w/o SCUBA
9. Require skills to be mastered in mid water.
10. Require a full doff & don without assistance.
11. Require rescue of simulated panicked diver on the surface.
12. Require rescue of simulated unconscious victim from the bottom.
13. Require buddy breathing.
14. Teach the panic cycle and how to break it.
15. Require horizontal body position while on SCUBA.
16. Require divers to swim without using their hands.
There are probably more, but that would be a good start.
ScubaBond007:why stop certifying 10 & 11 yr olds??
Walter:A few ways that come to mind..........
1. Stop certifying 10 & 11 year olds.
2. Eliminate the non certification SCUBA programs for kids even younger.
3. Require a 300 yd swim (no snorkel option)
4. Require a 50 ft underwater swim
5. Teach frog, scissor and dolphin kicks in addition to the flutter.
6. Require mask clearing to be mastered before SCUBA is introduced.
7. Require mask removal, replacement and clearing while skin diving.
8. Require recovery and clearing of mask and snorkel from the pool bottom w/o SCUBA
9. Require skills to be mastered in mid water.
10. Require a full doff & don without assistance.
11. Require rescue of simulated panicked diver on the surface.
12. Require rescue of simulated unconscious victim from the bottom.
13. Require buddy breathing.
14. Teach the panic cycle and how to break it.
15. Require horizontal body position while on SCUBA.
16. Require divers to swim without using their hands.
There are probably more, but that would be a good start.