Instructor Series | 8 h 02 min split over 41 videos

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We talked about it and now it’s here!

Our goal for this new series is simply to improve the quality of all scuba diver training.

You do not need to be an instructor to buy this, it’s suitable for those students that just like to learn as much as they can.

We start the series with more than 40+ lessons and over 8 hours of videos covering some “General Information” then moving on to topics such as “Course Planning & Logistics”, “Your Students in Training” and “Our In Water Training”.

We then go on to a detailed look at our world renowned “Sidemount Essentials” program. We break down each of the 5 days, from our full program and show you what we have developed over several years of teaching and training hundreds of students in this unique Teaching Guide.

These new training materials are aimed at instructors wanting to teach to the same high levels and achieve the same results we show in the existing student materials.

The teaching methods apply equally to all types of diver and configuration – not just sidemount diving.

We have more material in production that will be added to the series, which will be announced closer to their release. If you have any suggestions or comments about what else you might like to see, then please get in touch using info@sidemounting.com

To hear more about our approach, please review all of the General Information videos where we discuss our thoughts and vision for the future of training.

Sidemount Essentials Training – Accept no substitutes!

 

Package 1 – Instructor Series

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New Lessons 2023

We Explain Our Course Modifications and Success – 19 min

We give you valuable insight into our every changing and improving Sidemount Essentials course. You will get several tips on how you can improve your own courses.
Recording Students | Equipment and Techniques – 20 min

We share with you all our secrets about the equipment we use to record students in training and what settings you should use and what problems you should avoid.
Recording Students | Positioning and Purpose – 9 min

We show you how to position yourself and students to get the best results when video recording divers in training and tips on what you should then debrief each day.
Steve Explains Micro Teaching & Video Debriefing – 14.5 min

For Steve micro teaching is something every good instructor should do at every opportunity they get, no time should be wasted underwater, they micro manage each student to ensure mastery and good skill retention, while reducing mistakes.
Day 3 – Sidemount Essentials | Teaching Guide, Option 2 – 50 min

This is alternative option and approach to the way we teach our day 3, it is still all about developing teamwork, but we scale it down a little and focus more on building wall decent and ascents first before taking on a more advanced dive plan like with our day 3, option 1 lesson shows.

General Information

Instructor Training Series – Overview

We give you a brief overview of what this new online training series will include, release date set for 01.01.2021 at sidemounting.com
Our Goal For This Instructor Training Series – 7.5 min

We explain why after all these years we decided to give all our training secrets away, and how we hope this will allow other instructors using our new training course to get great results with their students.
Worried About Giving All Training Secrets Away – 5 min

We discuss our concerns and thought process behind the instructor training series and why it has taken until 2021 to get it developed and released.
Art of Teaching by Steve Martin – 38 min
Sidemount Essentials | Gateway To Other Courses – 6.5 min

We discuss how taking Sidemount Essentials will open up many other doorways, no matter what level you are aiming for next. It even makes the levels you never thought possible! ..possible.
Explaining Our Eat, Sleep and Breathe Training – 9.5 min

We discuss a way that you can stand out and make a difference over any instructor in your area. Our eat, sleep and breathe your training method is one of the main reasons why our Sidemount Essentials course is so successful.
Problems With Courses | How Online Lessons Help – 4.5 min

We give you tips on how you can use our online training to save you and you’re students time and money on their training.
Finding A Good Instructor and Choosing An Agency – 5 min

We discuss what we are telling all our students and anyone that contacts us, about how to find the right instructor. This video will help you to understand how to become one of those instructors.
Who Are The Sidemount Essentials Team – 4.5 min

And then there were 5 more! Meet our highly skilled Sidemount Essential instructors, that I am proud to back and stand behind.
Your Training Matters Not Your Certification Cards – 10 min

This is something all divers and instructors need to hear. A certification card will not get you out of a problem underwater, the right training will! Find out everything we have to say on this.
Why Come To A Sidemount Essentials Instructor – 5 min

No matter whether you are a student or instructor. Watch this video to find out why you still will want to come to us for some in-water training. I will give you a clue it is all about fast tracking!
What Makes A Good Instructor – 5 min

Watch this video for two reasons, one to find yourself a good instructor and the other to see if you are one!
Will I Get A Solo Diver Certification – 7 min

We answer if Sidemount Essentials will make you a solo diver and what certification cards we can provide you with.

Course Planning and Logistics

Choosing The Right Training Sites – 9 min

We discuss how you can choose the right training site based on the course and your divers skill levels.
Online Study Done | Your Role As In-Water Instructor – 3.5 min

We explain exactly how we will be maximising your underwater and training time and because you have done your homework, how that will be saving you money.
What Equipment Don’t We Allow On Our Courses – 3 min

Find out why it is not just the instructor, that can make the difference. You will see that certain equipment is not suitable and will just not work.
Divers Incoming Skill Level | Explained – 3 min

We talk about the different skills divers will have when they come to you and how you can best manage them, so every diver can achieve success.
Divers Training Curve | Explained – 5 Min

We explain what a divers training curve is and how you can accelerate any divers ability to learn.
Are Students Required To Watch Online Materials – 8 min

We discuss what online videos you actually need to watch, if you are coming to take any in-water training with us at sidemounting.com.
Sidemount Essentials | Maximise Training Time – 4.5 min

You’re time and money investment in you coming to us for training, is extremely valuable to both of us. This video shows you how we will not be wasting any of it.

Your Students in Training

Maximum Ratio For All Courses – 7 min

We discuss what your maximum ratio for all courses with differing levels of students should be and most importantly why.
Control Lines | Game Changer For Divers In Training – 4 min

This is potentially one of the biggest additions that has made the Sidemount Essentials course successful, find out why and what you should be doing.
Over Weighting Your Students | Why It Needs To Stop – 4 min

Probably one of the biggest problems in the dive industry, we show you how easily with our training methods you can avoid any of your future students having this problem.
Divers Not Being Able To Hold Still – 12 min

We discuss why divers find it hard to stay perfectly still and how you as an instructor can fix this problem. We also show a technique for building a divers foot position awareness including dry land skills they can practice at home.
How We Adapt The Course For Different People – 3 min

Every student learns differently from another, we should you how we adapt our training courses so everyone can fit in and achieve success.

How We Handle Different Diver Skill Levels – 5.5 min

Diver turn up with different skills set, some better and some worse than others, we give you are tricks to keep the whole day and course moving along no matter who turns up.
Recording Students During Training – 6 min

Recording students in training is something we have been doing longer than most! We discuss exactly how we do it and how you can do it without you or you’re students being distracted by the camera. Plus our tips on how you can best video debrief a student at the end of the day.
What Should A Student Do After The Course – 5.5 min

We give you our guide to what students should do after their course. Our tips will help you to not only keep your students coming back but also make sure they don’t develop any weak areas while moving forwards.

Our In-Water Training

Sidemount Essentials – What We Do | Explained – 10 min

The course that starts them all. I highlight 20 reasons why this sidemount course, is the one all the others are judged by. My biggest hope is that after instructors watch this video, they use it to start improving the courses they are running!
Sidemount Experience | Teaching Guide – 11.5 min

This is how we conduct our unique Sidemount Essentials half day experience program. We explain step by step how we do it and why many divers are unlikely to want to use backmount again after going through this experience.
Do We Offer 1 Day Training Workshops – 4.5 min

If divers come to you already sidemount certified, we discuss our approach to handling them and how they fit into our Sidemount Essentials program.

Sidemount Essentials | Training Course

Day 1 | Teaching Guide – 31 min

We guide you step by step through day 1 of our Sidemount Essentials course. Each day we cover what skills you need to do and the order they should be done in. Plus provide you with all are tips and tricks to make sure you can deliver a course as close to ours as you possibly can.
Day 2 | Teaching Guide – 26 min

We focus on building your divers skills while maintaining buoyancy and position. Control lines are key to fast tracking your divers learning curve, we cover how to best use them and step by step exactly which skills you should be focusing on.
Day 3 | Teaching Guide, Option 1 – 40 min

Is all about developing teamwork and team skills. We show you how you get your students to plan a dive and develop their key skills along the way. This video is our longest one in this series and you will see why when you watch it.
Day 3 | Teaching Guide, Option 2 – 50 min

This is alternative option and approach to the way we teach our day 3, it is still all about developing teamwork, but we scale it down a little and focus more on building wall decent and ascents first before taking on a more advanced dive plan like with our day 3, option 1 lesson shows.
Day 4 | Teaching Guide – 32 min

We start with ascent and decent training, then cover all remaining skills your need to develop your divers. After watching this video and the ones before it, it will become obvious why our divers are some of the best out there!
Day 5 | Teaching Guide – 20 min

We show you how to conduct our optional stage and deco cylinder handling day. Divers learn way more than just adding an extra cylinder, this video covers everything you need to know and step by step sequencing so you can deliver this day almost as good as we can.

12 Comments on “Instructor Series | 8 h 02 min split over 41 videos”

  1. Timo Buhmann

    Hi Steve, Even though I’m not an instructor myself, I devoured the videos. I’ve learned a lot and seen a lot of things that I would have appreciated as a student if an instructor had done so. The great thing about all of this video is that I can watch it over and over again. Everyone can determine her/his own speed. I come from a software/agile background and really appreciate the visual and practical learning concepts. I can’t wait to do some in-water training with you. Cheers, Timo

    1. Steve Martin

      Thanks Timo, great to hear you are enjoying the instructor series content and I am looking forward to adding more to it as 2021 continues. I’ll make sure I email you once I know more about when we can run in-water training again, I hope to be in Gozo, Malta and Mexico before the year is out. Cheers, Steve

    1. Steve Martin

      Hi Tony, check your emails I just got back to you. No, you do not pay in full. I sent you out a coupon code that greatly reduces the £350 as you are an exisiting customer. Each persons upgrade price is calculated based on how much remaining time they have left on there current subscriptions. Thanks, Steve

    1. Steve Martin

      Hi Jorge, Thank you for your request to upgrade. I just sent you an email with your instructor series upgrade coupon. It takes into account the upgrade and the fact your student course has some subscription time left. Everything is explained on the other email, if there is anything not answered please just ask? Please also check your JUNK / SPAM folders just in case that other email I sent accidentally goes there. Thanks again for your continued support it is much appreciated. Regards, Steve

  4. Shiraz Mikael Khan

    Greetings Steve.
    How do I upgrade to your latest version? i bought your package sometime in 2019 and I think i have some limited time left before the 2019 package expires.
    I would like to continue with the subscription.
    thanks a lot.
    Rgds.
    Shiraz Mikael Khan

    1. Steve Martin

      Hi Shiraz Mikael, The current package 1 (includes instructor materials) is £350 to buy. For existing customers to upgrade like yourself you either pay, £185, £150 or £115. Since you are a very recent customer your upgrade is at the lowest cost of £115. I have just sent you an email with your upgrade coupon and instructions to use it. Regards, Steve

  6. Shawn Johnston

    Finished the instructor materials a couple days ago. A lot of talking about the program before getting to the meat. But, the breakdown of the hows and whys as we got closer to the 5 day breakdown was great. I appreciate your detailed teaching style. I was watching a sidemount diver on youtube last night who is also an instructor and they were admitting they hadn’t even thought about how to connect their drysuit and it hadn’t been discussed in their drysuit course as the instructor wasn’t sidemount centric. I just chuckled thinking I built my initial setup with these things in mind because of your course. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this. I would like to see more discussion of deco planning and hand signal review and practice so I have a way to practice prior to actually taking deco classes. I know you hit it lightly in several spots but no real discussion of planning like what you did with compass work and weight calculations on your whiteboard discussions. Thanks Again!

    1. Steve Martin

      Thank you Shawn, appreciate your feedback and suggestions I have made some notes. There are 6 videos on hang signals already in the free course, if I need more please let me know? 1. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/useful-hand-signals-for-all-divers-12-5-min-2/, 2. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/counting-numbers-with-one-hand-3-min-3/ 3. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/hand-signals-for-finning-techniques-3-min-2/ 4. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/hand-signals-for-training-skills-9-5-min-2/ 5. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/hand-signals-for-technical-divers-2-min-2/ 6. https://www.sidemounting.com/lesson/hand-signals-for-overhead-divers-3-5-min-2/. Video 5 is probably the one you want to watch based on what you requested. Cheers, Steve

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