Crotch Strap, trainable equipment?

[MikadoWu]

Hello all,

So I am having a small debate with one of the instructors I DM for. We have a student that started OW 6 months ago, then winter hit and she wanted to wait till spring to start again. in this time, she lost 45lbs. Now we are having a little issue rising up on her. Her final check out dive is tomorrow, I suggest to the instructor to put on a crotch strap, and move on. He stated that she has never been trained on a crotch strap, and need to be, before he put one on her. I said, she is coming to the shop wo pick the gear up today, tell her about, and move forward. No, No No, she needs to be trained.

Am I that off base in thinking its no big deal? Maybe I just do not remember my OW water nerves anymore.

Thanks,

 

[The Chairman]

Rly? She needs a Crotch Strap specialty course? 2 phreakin' phunni! All my students use a crotch strap. It only comes into play during BC R&R. Not much of an issue for anyone.

 

[Rechno]

So, no use of Crotch-Strap without a Cert. Gotta cut them off, wherever you see anybody without the c-card

 

[Neilwood]

The instructor thinks she needs training on a crotch strap??? I am struggling to comprehend how the hell you teach someone about a crotch strap!

The only thing it might make slightly harder is equipment removal and replace - which 5 minutes coaching will take care off. Without knowing exactly what BC it is hard to know exactly how it will affect the R&R but with most, once the waist buckle is undone it slides off without any great issues.

The instructor is making a mountain out of a mole hill IMHO.

 

[Manatee Diver]

Well if they have to teach us how to put on a seat belt on every plane ride, I am sure an instructor can turn a crotch strap into a training course, complete with a distinctive specialty.

 

[RyanT]

I am struggling to comprehend how the hell you teach someone about a crotch strap!

First, slide the webbing through the buckle, then close the buckle.

It's really easy to mix those up. Most people need a solid three days with a good instructor to get it right.

 

[Sam Miller III]

You have one uninformed late model instructor who drank the cool aid

When the original SCUBA units aka Aqua Lungs arrived in the US in 1948- over 70 years ago all were equipment with a crouch strap and crouch strap has remained in the SCUBA diver's armentarium as a diving equipment standard for over 70 years. Some divers need it and use a crotch strap - others do not need a crotch strap but their units are equipped with a crotch strap and they use a crouch strap , others such as your uniformed fuzzy faced "instructor" are baffled with this original item of diving equipment and they apparently need additional training to snap and unsnap a modern crouch strap.

What size rock have these "instructors" been hiding under? Must have been a huge boulder

SDM

 

[arcticat99]

dont you just thread it through and pull it as tight as you can so it rides the crack of your asss like a thong?

 

[Neilwood]

First, slide the webbing through the buckle, then close the buckle.

It's really easy to mix those up. Most people need a solid three days with a good instructor to get it right.

Ah my mistake. As I am not an instructor, I failed to see how difficult it actually can be...

 

[broncobowsher]

Must be a PADI instructor. If it isn't in the manual, it doesn't exist. That is what specialty classes are for.

One of the best things I ever found for recreational diving, use a crotch strap. Spend the 30 seconds to TEACH (that is the job of an instructor isn't it?). A few more minutes to adjust it (if it isn't a quick adjust). Get a better student as a result.