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Mats Edenfeldt · January 17th, 2007, 09:12 PM

In the old days (early 90s mid 90s) and with almost all of the technical instructors her in Sweden the way to learn was to break down and build up. Give you hell and take your self-esteem and then build you up again. Do some quit extreme exercises without any real connection to anything more then to stress the hell out of you. Now days training looks a bit different and the old style is gone, well I hope so

Now the training is more specific and every thing that you do actually have a purpose more then to scare the student. At least the classes I have attended.

But still we have some differences in training so what do you prefer. The softer style and more of a mentor that corrects you but does not put to much pressure on you. Let you do the mistakes and then talk about it. You live up to the standard, or almost and then you are trough.
Or one that rely gives you the challenge and expects perfection, and if you screw up during the dive ads to the task load with balanced and well though out little extras. And you have to live up to the standards and then some to get it.

I know what I prefer and that is more of the hard ass that wont take anything else then what it takes and then some to let you trough. So what about you. Give me an example of pure “non compromising” behaviour from you instructors.

January 17th, 2007, 09:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mats Edenfeldt(Offline) Cave is fun :) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sweden - Stockholm Posts: 157	How do you prefer to learn? In the old days (early 90s mid 90s) and with almost all of the technical instructors her in Sweden the way to learn was to break down and build up. Give you hell and take your self-esteem and then build you up again. Do some quit extreme exercises without any real connection to anything more then to stress the hell out of you. Now days training looks a bit different and the old style is gone, well I hope so Now the training is more specific and every thing that you do actually have a purpose more then to scare the student. At least the classes I have attended. But still we have some differences in training so what do you prefer. The softer style and more of a mentor that corrects you but does not put to much pressure on you. Let you do the mistakes and then talk about it. You live up to the standard, or almost and then you are trough. Or one that rely gives you the challenge and expects perfection, and if you screw up during the dive ads to the task load with balanced and well though out little extras. And you have to live up to the standards and then some to get it. I know what I prefer and that is more of the hard ass that wont take anything else then what it takes and then some to let you trough. So what about you. Give me an example of pure “non compromising” behaviour from you instructors. __________________ GUE: DIR-Fundamentals, Cave 1, Cave 2 NAUI: Trimix 1, Technical diver, Instructor, DM, Wreck penetration, Oxygen service technician IANTD: Advanced Nitrox, Nitrox Various: Apeks tech, Poseidon tech "Doing it right really means to do it properly. No skimping and no compromises. It sounds easy enough but it is not - it requires balls of steel" Peter Steinhoff