It's pretty easy to teach people WHAT they ought to be doing while they dive. It's a whole different story to teach them HOW to do it. I'm quite sure that there are all kinds of people here who have had light bulb moments as a result of a talented teacher doing something to help them figure out HOW to do something . . . I'd like to hear those stories.
For me, two stand out: When I was trying to learn the frog kick, I just kept trying to do it backwards. My instructor got behind me, grabbed my fins, and patterned my legs through the kick, and it was instantly clear how to do it correctly. No amount of explanation, land practice or demonstration had done for me what thirty seconds of kinesthetic learning did.
The other was being shown on video that when I went to get things out of my left pocket, I rolled to the right and dumped my dry suit without being aware of it, which then set me up for buoyancy problems with the subsequent skill. I'd been doing that for months without realizing WHY I was having so much trouble.
So, who helped you with the "how", and what did they do?
For me, two stand out: When I was trying to learn the frog kick, I just kept trying to do it backwards. My instructor got behind me, grabbed my fins, and patterned my legs through the kick, and it was instantly clear how to do it correctly. No amount of explanation, land practice or demonstration had done for me what thirty seconds of kinesthetic learning did.
The other was being shown on video that when I went to get things out of my left pocket, I rolled to the right and dumped my dry suit without being aware of it, which then set me up for buoyancy problems with the subsequent skill. I'd been doing that for months without realizing WHY I was having so much trouble.
So, who helped you with the "how", and what did they do?