One Day Seminar on what’s new and how to teach the New PADI Open Water Course
One Day Seminar to help you teach New PADI Open Water Course
The New PADI Open Water Course has a different emphasis than before. Your new divers need to be more independent than before and have a higher level of confidence with diving skills and ability.
Why is this? Research has shown that confident divers are much more likely to stay within the sport. They are much more likely to continue with their education and are much more likely to buy equipment. As we are in the Life Changing industry, we need to help our customers reach their desires and goals. It’s more fun for us as well!
More practice time needed for new skills.
The New PADI Open Water Course has some new skills – like dropping a weight belt and tightening up a loose cylinder band. These skills are easy to teach!
However, there is now a lot more emphasis on buoyancy. For example, in confined dive 4 your Open Water students will be expected to orally inflate their BCD, then hover for one minute. On the same dive they will also have to descend, not touch the bottom, swim around and then surface.
So? How on earth can you ask your students to be proficient in such a short time?
That’s a good question! One that I’ve been answering for a long time. My “Power of Words” course is designed to allow your students to learn in the most efficient way! I’ll be sharing some of these techniques with you on this seminar. Your students will learn quickly and have plenty of time to practice their new skills with “mini dives”.
New PADI Open Water Course seminar dates
4th May – Bishops Stortford Essex
10th May 2014 – West Sussex
17th May 2014 – London
19th May 2014 – Kent
31st May 2014 – Basildon Essex
7th June 2014 – Bishops Stortford Essex
Please contact me if you want me to travel to your area to teach this course.
How much does it cost, Where will I need to go? and What will I learn?
The cost is £50 for the day. It is open to anyone who wishes to be involved in teaching the new course. PADI Members, Divemaster Trainees even Rescue Divers who want to progress to professional level.
The biggest thing that you’ll learn on these seminars is how to make real effective use of pool time. You’ll understand how your students can truly learn to be Independent. The New PADI Open Water Course has “mini dives” built into the program, so you’ll find out how you can make time for your students to improve during this vital stage of their development.
PADI have produced new materials for this course. You’ll get to see how to effectively use the new slates, and how your students will gain confidence quickly.
I’m looking forward to seeing you on a course one day soon.