Sub Aqua is one of the most exhilarating and exciting sports there is. Properly taught it can be enjoyed safely for years. It can also be very dangerous if training is not of the highest standard.Only a few people are killed each year diving. When the statistics are reviewed it seems that most of these could have been prevented if the casualty had known what to do or not to do.
Sub Aqua teaching by the leading training bodies such as BSAC, PADI and many more is of a superlative standard. This includes the superb level of training of instructors who in turn must teach the novices. However, other agencies around the world may not reach the highest of standards and there are always small pockets of underperformance even within the best agencies.
The time when a new recruit first starts learning to dive is the best occasion for lecturing the safety ethos. A new and open mind is more ready to soak up the safety culture than a seasoned diver who probably taught himself to dive years ago.
Each lesson will start with an opening talk for a few minutes, irrespective of whether it is a dry practical, in the swimming pool or in the sea.
At the start of the briefing are the safety issues relevant to that lesson and to the site being used. For example, when teaching the removal and replacement of the regulator from the mouth it may seem obvious but the student is warned that they will not be able to breathe for a moment! Safety warnings may seem like overkill at times and may be repeated but they do have the desired effect.
One of the key elements of teaching a practical skill to a new student, such as removing and replacing a face mask while underwater or donating a regulator to a buddy in an out of air situation, is to break down the skill into small bite sized parts that can be individually understood easily before putting them together for the complete procedure.
Every discrete part of a diving skill can be taught in a safe way, such that the sudent carries it out safely.
If you commence with little bits and build up this can be achieved much more easily.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/how-to-instruct-scuba-diving-techniques-1830925.html About the AuthorMark Jenner is a British Sub Aqua Club dive leader and enjoys teaching diving. He has dived abroad a number of times and enjoys writing about a scuba diving holiday or club trip
