On Wednesday, October 04, 2000 3:10 PM, Mike Wallace wrote:

(Bec's previous comments snipped)
> Anyway I got dragged in to the dive shop and
> > blow me over they do an $80 introductory dive, see if you like it kind
of
> > thing.  Just arrive one hour prior to departure and will tell you
> everything
> > you need to know then we will jump in the sea and go.  I got chills
> > thinking about it!! (I would like to know what you think about these
intro
> > dives).

> I do the Intro dives for our shop. We do a roughly four hour lecture which
> covers the basics on what not to do, what you can do. The dives themselves
> (2) are done one on one for approx.. 20 minutes per dive to a depth of not
> more than 25'. I have not had a problem with any of the folks that have
done
> an Intro ....

G'day, Mike!  As a matter of interest, how many people do you allow per
Instructor for an intro dive?

>... although I have found a few folks that did not need to take up the
> sport. They were told this too.

And that's something that's good to see.  I tend to think that far too many
instructors feel that they've fallen over on the job if they can't teach
somebody to dive.  Realistically that's something that's easy to do.  Anyone
can learn to breathe underwater using SCUBA.  :-)

However!  Admitting to themselves that it's not for them is often a decision
that they would rather others with experience made on their behalf.  The
ability to do this in a proper fashion is something that seems to be lacking
in formal Instructor training.

Knowing a little of your diving experience - from your posts over the
years - I have little doubt that you do this in a wonderfully diplomatic
fashion!  Me?  I'd be inclined to say, "Bugger off, you little shit!"  :-)

(That's a 'strike'!)

Strike