Ask any course director what makes a good instructor, and patience comes up almost immediately. It is the one thing everybody tells you a great instructor should have, and it gets mentioned in nearly every PADI IDC classroom. And yet almost nobody explains what...
All entry-level dive students should learn how to plan a dive during their open water course. We used to sit down and explain the RDP tables, which many students found very abstract and difficult to understand. Nowadays most instructors give their students a dive...
In the PADI IDC you’ll learn to give a proper demonstration, assess students’ performance against the standards, and give feedback. But there’s something a lot of IDCs forget to teach, and it can be the difference between training safe divers and...
Professional Liabily Insurance for Diving Instructor Compared One of the most common questions that newly certified dive instructors ask me after their PADI IDC; “Should I take professional liability insurance? Which one should I get?” Some think dive...
A student gives you the OK sign. You give it back. You move on to the next skill.10 seconds later they bolt to the surface.Most instructors walk away thinking they missed something visual, a tell in the eyes, a change in breathing. Not wrong, but it doesn’t tell...
Asia Scuba Instructors Blog wird von Course Director Marcel Jansen geschrieben. Asia Scuba Instructors führt PADI Tauchlehrerkurse an verschiedenen Orten in Asien durch.
