UTD Scuba Diving Podcast

Send us a textHow many dives do you have? I believe the answer to this question is the biggest lie in scuba diving. As instructors, we are trained to take this answer with a grain of salt. In this short carcast, Jeff takes a look at logging dives, logging flight hours, and some ideas about how to best log your dives.For more information, contact us here:https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/For more information about the UTD Scuba Coaching Program, click here:https://utdscubadiving.com/utd-scuba-coaching/Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textDo you feel like you are in a rut with your diving? Doing the same dives over and over? How do you stay motivated year after year? These are the question we look at today in another of Jeff's soon-to-be-famous UTD Carcast episodes.Check out more on UTD Scuba Coaching, click here.Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textIn this inaugural episode of Ben's short podcast series, "The Training Corner," he looks at the concept of 'dive beautifully.' How do you gain your own level of elegance in diving, particularly around propulsion techniques.As always, if you have questions, comments, or thoughts about this, you cancontact us here. https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textWeerrrrreee...back! The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Live at DEMA 2024. This week we collected questions in the booth and pulled them out in front of an audience. Fun, interesting, informative. And did we say fun?Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textWe are back in Las Vegas for the DEMA show – us and a gazillion other divers checking out new equipment, new training, new everything. This year, in the Technical Resource Center at the show, Ben gave a talk on advanced rebreather training, why it's important to dive a consistent team configuration in your closed circuit rebreather, and how we accomplish that goal at Unified Team Diving.Here's the link to the video that Ben showed at the beginning of his talk:https://youtu.be/UisaQxKZlmU?si=-MXCvCqfZpwCCwXHCheck out the talk and if you have any questions, click here to let us know.Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textThings don't always go quite as planned. Sometime the planning turns into a setback. What is the best way to deal with that? Take "no" for encouragement and take a setback for opportunity.Thoughts or comments? Let me know. Contact here.Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textWho is brilliant? You? Or your students? Or both? What happens when you face an instructor or a coach who is more focused on their own brilliance than yours. In this short carcast I take a look at a scenario where the brilliance got confused. Have a listen, let me know what you think.Contact us here. https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/JeffAlso check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textAnother of the Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving. This time we tried something a bit different. Ben came up with the questions and did not tell Jeff what they were going to be. Tune in for an honest discussion about pockets, valve drills, cameras, and more.Send us your obscure questions....contact us here:https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Send us a textFollowing someone else's dreams. This is something every scuba instructor has faced. A student brings a partner, who does not want to be there, into a class, usually Open Water. As instructors, we get to see this play out, sometimes in terror, sometimes in joy. What do you do when someone drags someone into your class? What is it like to successfully follow someone's dream? What is it like  to not want any part of someone's dream. In this short podcast I tell a few stories, some about me, some about my students, and look carefully at following your own dreams. JeffOur 2013 trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp with a team of people with Parkinson's Disease. Watch here.Contact me here:https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/Also check out our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnifiedTeamDiving

Jeff, an expert in UTD instruction and leadership development, and Jay, a knowledgeable figure in instructor training, dive into the journey of becoming a UTD instructor. They discuss the path to leadership, the complexities of teaching, and the importance of adaptability. The duo emphasizes a holistic approach to dive training, underscoring the interconnectedness of training elements while sharing transformative stories from past events. Their insights reveal the dual roles instructors play as educators and small business owners, fostering a student-centered learning environment.