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--=====================_24873639==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed You're a perfect example of someone who needs to take the class, ride your soap box to the nearest one available...... At 08:39 AM 5/8/02 -0400, Ted Green wrote: >From: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*> > > > During one drill he asked us if we would do 3 man teams, I have > > experienced and see felled 3 man dive teams and said I did not want to do > > that. Everything he was about to explain about 3 man teams I already knew, > > we would be doing some of our in water skills with 3 man teams and we > > would fail....... 3 man teams are the hardest to dive, only those that > > practice this can use it to its fullest potential, a safer dive, those > > that just do it will always put one diver at risk. > >While I'm on my soap box, > Three man buddy teams have no place in diving instruction. > >When two people dive together, they each divide their time between what >they are doing and what their buddy is doing. > >When two people are diving in a class situation with an instructor, the >students each divide their time between what they are doing, what their >buddy is doing, what the instructor is doing, and hopefully trying to >learn something. THIS IS A THREE MAN TEAM! > >When three people are diving in a class situation with an instructor, each >students divides their time between what they are doing, what buddy #1 is >doing, what buddy #2 is doing, what the instructor is doing, and hopefully >trying to learn something. THIS IS A FOUR MAN TEAM! How much do you think >the student is really going to learn in this situation? > >As an instructor I have an obligation to be a backup to each of my >students.....to save them in a life threatening situation. Each time I ad >another student to the group it reduces proportionally the amount of time >I have to keep track of and teach each student. > >In the pool I can see 4 to 6 students ( in two or three teams of two >buddies each ) to one instructor. In open water it's two buddies to one >instructor......especially in the overhead environment or decompression. > > > >Ted Green >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dive >Charter Boat: O.C. Diver Sunset Marina in Ocean City, >Maryland <http://www.ocdiver.com>http://www.ocdiver.com > 410.742.1992 800.637.2102 Fax >10.749.9410 "Diving the Atlantic coast from Cape May NJ to Cape Charles >VA." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ></blockquote></x-html> "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* --=====================_24873639==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> You're a perfect example of someone who needs to take the class, ride your soap box to the nearest one available......<br> <br> <br> <br> At 08:39 AM 5/8/02 -0400, Ted Green wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3Dcite cite>From: = <x-tab> </x-tab>Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*> <br> <br> > During one drill he asked us if we would do 3 man teams, I have <br> > experienced and see felled 3 man dive teams and said I did not want to do <br> > that. Everything he was about to explain about 3 man teams I already knew, <br> > we would be doing some of our in water skills with 3 man teams and we <br> > would fail....... 3 man teams are the hardest to dive, only those that <br> > practice this can use it to its fullest potential, a safer dive, those <br> > that just do it will always put one diver at risk. <br> <br> While I'm on my soap box, <br> Three man buddy teams have no place in diving instruction. <br> <br> When two people dive together, they each divide their time between what they are doing and what their buddy is doing. <br> <br> When two people are diving in a class situation with an instructor, the students each divide their time between what they are doing, what their buddy is doing, what the instructor is doing, and hopefully trying to learn something. <b>THIS IS A THREE MAN TEAM!</b> <br> <br> When three people are diving in a class situation with an instructor, each students divides their time between what they are doing, what buddy #1 is doing, what buddy #2 is doing, what the instructor is doing, and hopefully trying to learn something. <b>THIS IS A FOUR MAN TEAM! </b>How much do you think the student is really going to learn in this situation? <br> <br> As an instructor I have an obligation to be a backup to each of my students.....to save them in a life threatening situation. Each time I ad another student to the group it reduces proportionally the amount of time I have to keep track of and teach each student. <br> <br> In the pool I can see 4 to 6 students ( in two or three teams of two buddies each ) to one instructor. In open water it's two buddies to one instructor......especially in the overhead environment or decompression. <br> <br> <br> <br> <pre>Ted Green ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dive Charter Boat: O.C. Diver = ; Sunset Marina in Ocean City, Maryland &n= bsp; <a href=3D"http://www.ocdiver.com">http://www.ocdiver.com</a> &nb= sp; &= nbsp; 410.742.1992 800.637.2102 &nbs= p; Fax 410.749.9410 "Diving the Atlantic coast from Cape May NJ to Cape Charles VA." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. </blockquote></x-html> </blockquote><br> "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water"<br> <br> <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more <br> Web Site <a href=3D"http://www.capt-jt.com/"= eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.capt-jt.com/</a><br> Email captjt@mi*.co*<br> <br> </font></u></html> --=====================_24873639==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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