UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #109 – Jeff Carcast – The Bigger the Blob the Better the Job

About this episode

Jeff Carcast discusses the shortcomings of current recreational scuba training methods.

Send us Fan Mail The electrical engineers creed about soldering: "The bigger the blob, the better the job." The rock climbers creed about rope: "If you don't know the knot, tie a lot." These two sayings, unfortunately, summarize much of the recreational scuba training that is currently happening. Without an understanding of "why," instructors are showing students how to do skills and expecting them to fully learn those skills. That, however, is impossible. In this short carcast, Jeff looks...

People in this episode

Host: UTD Scuba Diving

Guest: Jeff Carcast

Topics covered

• scuba training
• skills learning
• recreational scuba
• soldering
• knot tying

Keywords

• scuba diving
• training
• skills
• soldering
• knot
• recreational
• learning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UTD Scuba Diving, electrical engineers, rock climbers

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