BVickery
Contributor
Instructors who think you MUST have 'x' time in pool with them to be proficient need to remember people have different learning curves. Also, some students have different backgrounds and may not need as much time. I was one because the time I took my 3rd try at a C-Card (First equipment malfunction and a instructor I would NOT go back to, 2nd was medical - tearing muscle off the calf) I already had almost 20 hrs of prior pool time in skills training. This doesn't mean I say give a person a pass, but use judgement, if a student is picking up stuff fast and is CLEARLY demonstrating skill/competency you are just wasting student time and yours. If you feel your not giving the student their moneys worth who said you couldn't offer the student a few extra OW dives to nail skills in OW instead?
I have dove the pool, N. Atlantic Ocean, River, Springs, and Fl. Keys and can say all of them were different. The biggest thing was distractions around me, I had to deal with current, wares, temps etc.
I have dove the pool, N. Atlantic Ocean, River, Springs, and Fl. Keys and can say all of them were different. The biggest thing was distractions around me, I had to deal with current, wares, temps etc.