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PADI AI day 3
03 years ago
as part of our PADI IDC, today we jumped in the pool.
we headed straight over to Orakei Dive Shop first thing this morning.
scott told us the pool was about 20 degrees and pete told us there was no excuse for us to get cold – so i made sure i had lots of thermal layers. rob took the cover off the pool and i dipped my toe in. 20 degrees my butt!!!
the pool was a lovely 26ish. orakei have an awesome pool for learning to dive in. a good sized deep end and a great area for kneeling down and doing other skills.
we had some help today too. andy rocked on over and gave us a hand by being one of our students.
whilst alex and i briefed the skills and demonstrated, pete and andy were our students and we divemastered for each other.
i was up first and i had regulator recovery – from behind the shoulder, underwater.
i was pleased with the briefing and the demonstration. alex and i dropped under the water and andy and pete talked about how to test us. then we all went down together and i completed the demonstration again and moved on to my ‘students’.
there were a couple of problems to work through with each of them but nothing too hard out and i think we got each problem – reminded them to hit that key point and then had them repeat it.
once the skills are over, the hardest part for me at the moment is to give positive reinforcement when i havent noticed something totally stupendous. but again, pete was there with the hints and tips and i think this will all work out before the end of the course.
well andy might have been in a wetsuit. yes andy in a wetsuit. and he might have been wearing a pink snorkel. PINK! but i now have green hair. and i am not sure what i am going to do about it.
we were in the classroom for the rest of the afternoon – oh we completed the skills circuit too – and started looking at open water presentations in time for the lake tomorrow.
i must finish writing up my slates so i know that my briefing is good and that i can hit the points i got today and also the ones that i missed. and then i must go and pay attention to my dinner. i am absolutely starving.
PADI AI Day 2
03 years ago
both alex and i were pleased with the way our Academic sessions came out this morning and pete seemed to be pleased too.
the great thing about working with pete is .. well actually one of the great things is his feedback.
its to the point, constructive, full of tips and whilst we might not have hit all of the points, we’re still totally enthused to keep cracking on and to do better each and every time we put a presentation together.
i need to work on my analogys to what i am teaching and ensure that the value of the sessions is clear but this will come with time and practice.
for the rest of the day, we looked at putting confined water sessions int0 a similar format. amazing how it all starts make sense and flow on nicely!
we also looked at the programs that AI’s can teach – Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy.
tomorrow we are in the pool. YAYY!
we have been allocated the skills that we are going to brief and demonstrate and then have our ‘students’ run through. we are going to be needing to keep a close eye on the ‘students’ as they do their skills as i dont think we are going to get of lightly. i have made sure i am familiar with the page that lists the problems that might occur.
we also have our skills circuit to complete again – the 20 skills. not my favourite part but once its done its done.
