The divers and instructors I was developing were awful. They were all learning on their knees, all skills
learned without regard to a standard or metric – just simply clear you mask, “Yep, that’s good, next skill.”
But there was no measure of whether or not the skills met a standard. It was simply ‘check box’ teaching.
I was NEVER exposed to the ideas or philosophies such as minimalism, gas management, proper weighting, consistency, Team Diving, Ocean Friendly or even neutral buoyancy. The curriculums were so dumbed down to the point of nothingness/worthless.
Between the ages of 24 and 30 I
spent a considerable amount of
time undoing all my bad habits –
skill wise and team wise – and my
lack of understanding of the basics,
such as decompression or configuration or general philosophy or approach to my diving. Through my
passage and co-development of
“DIR” I was able to rectify many
of those issues and ultimately pass
them on.
From ages 30 to 37 I was the training director of a new agency and
was responsible for developing a curriculum &6VB