More OWD Training

Its 8:30 in the morning, its Saturday, the shop's OPEN!, and it's time for SCUBA!...

Soon enough it was 8:30, and my Open Water Diving student came in with a confident smile. The master instructor today, Jim, took us both back into the classroom and the three of us introduced ourselves. Our student for the day, Nina, was taking her class to go diving with a friend of hers. This was going to be the first time for me to teach the classroom material for an entire Open Water Diver class, so Jim started and I jumped in and took turns explaining different material. Nina was very comfortable with the material so was a great student for me to work with. She worked in the medical field so many things were familiar to her.

Then we all packed up the gear for the afternoon in the pool...

Ironically, I also saw one of the students (Jerry, middle) at the pool again for a dry suit diving class already! I just saw him a few weeks ago in his first OWD class... he's obviously taking a liking to the water!

We had Nina set up in her gear in no time, but it was a long few hours of practice in the pool. With this being the second time through an OWD pool session, I was getting quite comfortable in remembering the demonstration-quality skills I needed to know. We were a small group so our discussions were social and grew long, but Jim kept pushing us along to keep the show on the road. At the end of the day, Nina was quite comfortable in her skills, and I had another class under my belt! This is starting to get easier and more fun every time!