UTD Scuba Diving Podcast

Oct 24 2024 97 ep. 46 mins 66
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In scuba diving there is training and there is certification. Certification has always been the holy grail of every scuba course. But at Unified Team Diving we are redefining how scuba training works. Our UTD instructors are coaches and our students are clients and our process is to make you an awesome, badass diver. https://utdscubadiving.com

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #97 – Jeff Carcast – Managing Your Students' Brilliance

Oct 24 2024 20 mins  
Who 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/Jeff

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #96 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Stump the Chumps

Oct 13 2024 55 mins  
Another 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/

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #95 – Jeff Carcast – Following Some Else's Dreams

Sep 05 2024 25 mins  
Following 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

Unified Team Diving Podcast #94 – UTD's Path to Leadership with Jeff and Jay

Aug 27 2024 54 mins  
How to get there. That's today's question. What is the path to becoming a UTD instructor or dive master. How does the program work? What are our expectations of you? What do we expect your expectations to be of us. In this episode Jeff and Jay look at the "path," the course work, and tell some stories from past IDC's.Interested in UTD Leadership? Click here: https://utdscubadiving.

Unified Team Diving Podcast #93 – Cave Week with Jeff, Ben, and Jay

Aug 07 2024 23 mins  
It's on! Cave Week 2024! This November join us in Florida for Cave Week. In this short podcast Jeff, Ben, and Jay discuss the logistics, the fun, and all the details about this amazing UTD community event.For more information and to register for Cave Week, click here: https://utdscubadiving.com/utd-cave-week/

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #92 – Instructor Trainer Jon Edwardsen on the Success of His Recent IDC

Jul 23 2024 27 mins  
Jon Edwardsen has been a UTD instructor almost since the beginning of UTD. He is my colleague, friend, and critic. The great thing about having Jon as an instructor trainer is his uncanny ability to cut through any and all BS and get to the heart of the matter. So when Jon did an IDC with a few of our coaching clients and said he was knocked over by the success of the coaching prog

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #91 – Jeff Carcast – Teaching Teaching, Not Teaching the Thing

Jun 27 2024 31 mins  
There is much to unpack around how we run out instructor development program, how we train our instructor trainers, and how all that benefits the Unified Team Diving students and coaching clients.Back in the car, Jeff takes a look at the mechanics of teaching teaching – education as a change in behavior, that change being worthless without retention, how we use levels of learning

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #90 – Becoming a Thinking Diver Part 2b

Jun 25 2024 54 mins  
This episode is a cross between our wrap up of "Becoming a Thinking Diver" and "The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving. Jeff and Ben cover:Redundant equipment.Knowing when to say when.Training for multiple failures buy planning for one.And a quick story about the bike.Check it out, if you have questions or comments contact us here:https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/To subscribe

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast – Ben's Training Corner – Equipment Does Not Kill You

Jun 18 2024 34 mins  
It's not the equipment, it's the choices you make. In his inaugural training corner episode, Ben takes a look at how you can make good, or bad, choices and how those choices can have dramatic ramifications. For more information on the Unified Team Diving training systems and the UTD Scuba Coaching Program, or to reach Ben or Jeff, click here.

UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #88 – Jeff Carcast – Free Has No Value

Jun 02 2024 26 mins  
One of the great things about me and Unified Team Diving is that I get to set the company culture around money, finances, student fees, all of it. I feel very strongly that financial transparency is critical to the health of any business. I also believe "free" does not serve anyone – us or you. Basically, I believe free has no value. In this short carcast I expand on my vision ar