Crush
Contributor
In a few current threads I have noticed experienced divers complaining about apparently poorly-trained divers silting up an open water dive sites with non-non-silting kicks (is that a good term?) and disturbing coral and other marine life as a result of poor buoyancy control. Is such criticism fair if the diver was never taught non-silting kicks and/or was awarded their dive certification with only modest or even poor buoyancy control? Here I assuming that the problem is with training, not with gear selection.
In order to simplify this poll I will ask only one question - where were you (first) introduced to the frog kick - and assume that if you were introduced to the frog kick (note: introduced to, not mastered) then you were also introduced to paddle kicks, helicopter turns, back kicks, horizontal trim and good buoyancy control.
You will note that I have singled out GUE training in a separate category. That is because: (1) there are many GUE divers on this board; (2) Any GUE course will introduce a person to these skills; and (3) If this distinction were not made those who took GUE Rec I would artificially skew the results in favour of "Basic Open Water."
In order to simplify this poll I will ask only one question - where were you (first) introduced to the frog kick - and assume that if you were introduced to the frog kick (note: introduced to, not mastered) then you were also introduced to paddle kicks, helicopter turns, back kicks, horizontal trim and good buoyancy control.
You will note that I have singled out GUE training in a separate category. That is because: (1) there are many GUE divers on this board; (2) Any GUE course will introduce a person to these skills; and (3) If this distinction were not made those who took GUE Rec I would artificially skew the results in favour of "Basic Open Water."