After all of the rain and wind we were thinking that this course would be canceled but in the end, the weather held out just enough to get in one day of diving! This was the first course in which all of my students were just visiting Maui so canceling or trying to reschedule due to weather would not have been good. On the day of our open water session, I was just as happy to see the blue sky my students were. We shared struggles throughout this two-day course and in the end, we shared drinks and laughs in celebration. Good work students! Once again it is so wonderful to meet new people and see them progress from the beginning of this course to the end.
DECEMBER 2018
Such a great way to end the year! These three students were blessed with nice weather and clear water. All three students showed up with dive experience and it showed in the water.
All of us have our own strengths and and our challenges. With the skill sets that students bring to this course sometimes challenges have presented themselves immediately to them and other times students find/create them as they attempt to âfine tuneâ their newly learned freediving skills. Whichever one it ends up being I always tell students that they âCANâ because I believe it. We all have the ability to conquer our challenges and can do so with time and practice.
All students during this December had a challenge to work on. They all worked toward conquering it and they did conquer it! Congrats! (More pics coming soon..)
Another awesome class with great people! People from different places and with different skill sets all met at one point of time together to learn to freedive at Composure Freediving. I saw each studentâs strengths shining through as he/she progressed through the course and watched them become better divers. Some of the skills that I saw among this class of five from the beginning were form, comfortably, strong and controlled kicks, and adaptability. Everyone was positive, wanted to learn, and helped each other during times of need. Congrats to all of you!
Its amazing to see how much progress students can make in this two day course. I always start by asking my students what they hope to accomplish by the end of my course. Having these conversations with them allows me to get a better understanding of who they are, what obstacles they may have to overcome during this course, and what I might need to do to better help them. Its always a joy to see the smiles of accomplishment.
This August we had two students who reached their PB in static apnea and constant weight! It always amazes me to see what people bring to a class as far as skills go. Both students had a bit of experience in the water but both in different capacities. In the end, both students demonstrated safety procedures and proper diving technique. I am truly glad that I could show these two what makes this sport so great and see their progress from day one to day two.
