LordHavoc
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I want to do cave course. I have been diving in a country where we had utd divers but not many gue divers. I am a decompression diver and they were doing the utd version of intro to tech but their skills were very identical. I am not a bad diver but I am still learning. They were getting into tech but they swam better and overall skill level was better. I have been following their podcasts too which are good information.
I was looking at a place where the instructor is utd. I do not know him personally but the belief is, and what I have witnessed too, that utd divers come out very identical in skill or they dont graduate. I also have access to some big name cave instructors. These are very well appreciated names in diving. I was told that with other agencies a good instructor will show you very good skills and technique and coaching will be good too but end result will never be consistent. There will be variation in graduating students skill level. Some students good, some students bad, depends on how much you absorb in the class and how much you learn later on your own.
In the end, everyone dives the same but with others skills is built over time outside class while utd says build high level skill before card. Cave is dangerous. I want to know if I want to come out of class with highest skill then should I go with utd or should I find a well respected name?
I was looking at a place where the instructor is utd. I do not know him personally but the belief is, and what I have witnessed too, that utd divers come out very identical in skill or they dont graduate. I also have access to some big name cave instructors. These are very well appreciated names in diving. I was told that with other agencies a good instructor will show you very good skills and technique and coaching will be good too but end result will never be consistent. There will be variation in graduating students skill level. Some students good, some students bad, depends on how much you absorb in the class and how much you learn later on your own.
In the end, everyone dives the same but with others skills is built over time outside class while utd says build high level skill before card. Cave is dangerous. I want to know if I want to come out of class with highest skill then should I go with utd or should I find a well respected name?