I'm taking the Open Water entry level at my university.
I mastered mask clearing and regulator removal, but...
1) I can't for the life of me, snorkel an entire length of pool without sticking my head out of the water -- the instructor and her aides give me a hard time about this.
2) My flutter kick is extremely awkward, even if I keep telling myself "don't pedal, don't pedal, don't pedal..." but I end up pedaling -- again, my instructor gives me hell.
3) When I try to swim around in the dive well, I can't stay off the ground (I think I have too much weight
4) My instructor was concerned that I couldn't ascend quickly enough (which was the first time she was teaching us this).
With one more pool session to go before the dive, she tells me she can't certify me at the level I am, but I can a) take extra sessions which I need to pay for, or b) sit out the pool sessions during the next Open Water course, which is a few weeks from now, and make the final dive with that group.
The rest of the class is doing well and I feel like a complete moron, and I admitted this to her, but she answered that the other students probably have more swimming experience.
I really, really want to be a diver, but so far it's not going well.
My personal opinion, I think the course is going way too fast, but what do I know??
I mastered mask clearing and regulator removal, but...
1) I can't for the life of me, snorkel an entire length of pool without sticking my head out of the water -- the instructor and her aides give me a hard time about this.
2) My flutter kick is extremely awkward, even if I keep telling myself "don't pedal, don't pedal, don't pedal..." but I end up pedaling -- again, my instructor gives me hell.
3) When I try to swim around in the dive well, I can't stay off the ground (I think I have too much weight
4) My instructor was concerned that I couldn't ascend quickly enough (which was the first time she was teaching us this).
With one more pool session to go before the dive, she tells me she can't certify me at the level I am, but I can a) take extra sessions which I need to pay for, or b) sit out the pool sessions during the next Open Water course, which is a few weeks from now, and make the final dive with that group.
The rest of the class is doing well and I feel like a complete moron, and I admitted this to her, but she answered that the other students probably have more swimming experience.
I really, really want to be a diver, but so far it's not going well.
My personal opinion, I think the course is going way too fast, but what do I know??