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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --=_alternative 006942D888256BB3_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ted, When Andrew Georgitsis has us do training dives with 3 person teams they really are 3 person teams. In other words, the instructor is not part of the team and is just there to throw problems at you and evaluate your performance. And of course he is there to rescue you if anything goes seriously wrong. As a former (and probably future) student of Andrew's I can see a couple reasons why this is a good idea. First of all, many of us come to the classes with horrendous buddy skills. Creating a more complex situation makes this problem more obvious. When you see a team of 3 drop down for the first dive of a class and then proceed to goober around, lose each other, and fail to communicate it really drives home a point. The point is that you need to have a plan, and you need to work together as a team. Knowing you have a problem is half the battle. Second, In real dives it is often easier and safer to run a 3 person team, at least for those of us without much experience. If you have only a 2 person team, and one is navigating and running a reel while the other is taking pictures, then it can be difficult for them to coordinate their activities. Having a third diver along adds an extra set of hands and eyes, and makes it easier to keep the team together and solve problems. So if we are going to dive that way in the real world, why not train the same way? I suppose in theory it would be better if we could do all the training with much smaller classes and more gradual introduction of new skills. But there are only so many qualified instructors to go around, and most students are not willing to pay for that level of individualized attention. We can't all be lucky enough to have a mentor like Parker Turner available. If you ever have a chance I would highly recommend signing up for one of Andrew's classes and get the real explanation straight from the horse's mouth. Even if you are already highly skilled and experienced you will learn something useful. This is a serious suggestion, I'm not trying to be patronizing. -Nick --=_alternative 006942D888256BB3_= Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ted,</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">When Andrew Georgitsis has us do training dives with 3 person teams they really are 3 person teams. In other words, the instructor is not part of the team and is just there to throw problems at you and evaluate your performance. And of course he is there to rescue you if anything goes seriously wrong.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As a former (and probably future) student of Andrew's I can see a couple reasons why this is a good idea. First of all, many of us come to the classes with horrendous buddy skills. Creating a more complex situation makes this problem more obvious. When you see a team of 3 drop down for the first dive of a class and then proceed to goober around, lose each other, and fail to communicate it really drives home a point. The point is that you need to have a plan, and you need to work together as a team. Knowing you have a problem is half the battle.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Second, In real dives it is often easier and safer to run a 3 person team, at least for those of us without much experience. If you have only a 2 person team, and one is navigating and running a reel while the other is taking pictures, then it can be difficult for them to coordinate their activities. Having a third diver along adds an extra set of hands and eyes, and makes it easier to keep the team together and solve problems. So if we are going to dive that way in the real world, why not train the same way?</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I suppose in theory it would be better if we could do all the training with much smaller classes and more gradual introduction of new skills. But there are only so many qualified instructors to go around, and most students are not willing to pay for that level of individualized attention. We can't all be lucky enough to have a mentor like Parker Turner available.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you ever have a chance I would highly recommend signing up for one of Andrew's classes and get the real explanation straight from the horse's mouth. Even if you are already highly skilled and experienced you will learn something useful. This is a serious suggestion, I'm not trying to be patronizing.</font> <br> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-Nick</font> --=_alternative 006942D888256BB3_=-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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