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As an Instructor, I've only had to deny certification to 2 students.
A criteria of mine, is to first make sure that the individual _Wants to dive. Having worked in a resort area, I have many students that have been pushed into diving by a loved one, wanting them to accompany them in their hobby. The pressure of this expectation, added onto learning a skill that has it's own pressures, can be difficult in the least.
So, before beginning to want to learn to dive, list the reasons for yourself. As you will be the one in the class, interacting with the new environment and your Instructor, make sure that you are ready. Make sure that this is something that you want to do. As we all know, when you want something, you will work hard to get it.
Now to find an Instructor that will let you fulfill your goal? That will be up to you.
I have had many people come to me for instruction. Many professionals have asked how can you have so much patience??....... Because I love the sport, I teach, remembering how I learned for the first time. Scared of the unknown, breathing underwater,,,,,,,
The best compliment that I received (from a Professional - A Course Director) was, "That was the best briefing I've ever heard". My briefing was one that answered all questions before they were asked. I've heard them (the questions) for 20 years. My job as an Instructor, ( I say job, it was my job for over 20 years, I chose and did it because I loved it!!!!) was to answer those questions, and explain things in such a manner that my students were relaxed before we entered the water, knowing as I do,that we were now entering an unknowing and unforgiving environment.
If I have a student that has difficulty mastering a skill, I look to myself first, and ask, is there some other way that I can explain this skill so that they might master, and more important, feel comfortable with this skill?
As an Instructor, knowing and loving diving as I do, it is an honor and a privilege, to teach others. And most important, as an Instructor, it is my job to make sure that my students learn, and respect the environment, one that is lovely and at the same time can be very unforgiving to the one that does not understand or respect it in kind.
So to get back to the original question, of to learn to dive or not ,and with whom.
Ask yourself first, pursue your goal, check it out (so easy now on the internet) ask, ask, ask and find the Instructor that answers YOUR questions. Ask for a private class, ask for whatever you need to meet your comfort level, once you are underwater. it will change, (that comfort level that felt so good on land ) but you are seeking to find that comfort level underwater too. aren't you?? The Instructor for you will be the one that will show you what you want to do, and will show you what you can be.....
A criteria of mine, is to first make sure that the individual _Wants to dive. Having worked in a resort area, I have many students that have been pushed into diving by a loved one, wanting them to accompany them in their hobby. The pressure of this expectation, added onto learning a skill that has it's own pressures, can be difficult in the least.
So, before beginning to want to learn to dive, list the reasons for yourself. As you will be the one in the class, interacting with the new environment and your Instructor, make sure that you are ready. Make sure that this is something that you want to do. As we all know, when you want something, you will work hard to get it.
Now to find an Instructor that will let you fulfill your goal? That will be up to you.
I have had many people come to me for instruction. Many professionals have asked how can you have so much patience??....... Because I love the sport, I teach, remembering how I learned for the first time. Scared of the unknown, breathing underwater,,,,,,,
The best compliment that I received (from a Professional - A Course Director) was, "That was the best briefing I've ever heard". My briefing was one that answered all questions before they were asked. I've heard them (the questions) for 20 years. My job as an Instructor, ( I say job, it was my job for over 20 years, I chose and did it because I loved it!!!!) was to answer those questions, and explain things in such a manner that my students were relaxed before we entered the water, knowing as I do,that we were now entering an unknowing and unforgiving environment.
If I have a student that has difficulty mastering a skill, I look to myself first, and ask, is there some other way that I can explain this skill so that they might master, and more important, feel comfortable with this skill?
As an Instructor, knowing and loving diving as I do, it is an honor and a privilege, to teach others. And most important, as an Instructor, it is my job to make sure that my students learn, and respect the environment, one that is lovely and at the same time can be very unforgiving to the one that does not understand or respect it in kind.
So to get back to the original question, of to learn to dive or not ,and with whom.
Ask yourself first, pursue your goal, check it out (so easy now on the internet) ask, ask, ask and find the Instructor that answers YOUR questions. Ask for a private class, ask for whatever you need to meet your comfort level, once you are underwater. it will change, (that comfort level that felt so good on land ) but you are seeking to find that comfort level underwater too. aren't you?? The Instructor for you will be the one that will show you what you want to do, and will show you what you can be.....