Mental preparation
Discussion about diving
preparation and diver’s self-sufficiency
We have noticed that the lack of
self-awareness in the matter and a poor stress and risks management are often
hidden causes of scuba diving accidents and fatalities.
As the
exigencies of the diver become stronger as for the choice of a diving school
that would provide with adequate training for a specific type of diving and
adapted to the diver personality, other exigencies are also considered when it
comes to choosing diving gear which must comply with technical, comfort and
estheticism criteria. We believe that the diver should be in the same way
exigent in the preparation of his/her dives. Cave divers are pretty familiar
with a well-detailed pre-dive preparation, technical diver agencies are pushing
this way, but this is not always the case with recreational divers. “Safety is
our concern”.
The training
trap
The real « trap » is not
the training itself but rather the manner in which the fresh certified diver
has been taught the main key points, and how well they were understood. In
other words, is the diver capable of returning the essential learned? Although
self-evaluation, calling into question and upgrades are essential values in the
risky activity of diving, they are quickly forbidden once the training time is
over.
A newly certified diver
with his/her experience and habits is generally competent (satisfied of his/her
competences). Cautious at first, then when everything goes well, little by
little the diver becomes more confident and settles up into his/her own marks.
Consequently the next dive will be similar to the previous one. This approach
of diving will become a mirror of diving in the general sense until an unusual
event makes the diver aware of another reality, surprising, worrying, hard, and
sometimes tragic. Later the diver comes up with questions and answers about
whether considering the idea of whether the responsibility in the preparation
of the dives is missing or not.
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