UTD Scuba Diving Podcast
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
Episodes
95 episodes
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #95 – Jeff Carcast – Following Some Else's Dreams
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, ...
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Episode 95
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25:46
Unified Team Diving Podcast #94 – UTD's Path to Leadership with Jeff and Jay
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 ...
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Episode 94
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54:58
Unified Team Diving Podcast #93 – Cave Week with Jeff, Ben, and Jay
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.
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Episode 93
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23:18
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #92 – Instructor Trainer Jon Edwardsen on the Success of His Recent IDC
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 hea...
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Episode 92
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27:32
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #91 – Jeff Carcast – Teaching Teaching, Not Teaching the Thing
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 th...
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Episode 91
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31:11
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #90 – Becoming a Thinking Diver Part 2b
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 fail...
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Episode 90
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54:50
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast – Ben's Training Corner – Equipment Does Not Kill You
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.
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Episode 89
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34:27
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #88 – Jeff Carcast – Free Has No Value
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 als...
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Episode 88
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26:47
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #87 – Becoming a Thinking Diver Part 2a
In our last episode about the "Thinking Diver" we talked about creating your team, or village. In this episode Jeff and Ben start to look at the practical elements of being a thinking diver – gear, gas, team, and much more. Be a thinker. Listen...
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Episode 87
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1:01:45
Unified Team Diving Podcast #86 – Jeff's Carcast – Why I Am Still So Stoked About UTD
A non-car carcast. This time I woke up ready to talk about why Unified Team Diving is so important to me but I did not have any place I needed to drive, so I recorded a non-car carcast. Why do we keep doing what we do? How do I grow as a coach ...
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Episode 86
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35:54
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #85 – It Takes a Village – The Thinking Diver Part 1
Learning and advancing at anything does not need to be something you do alone. Really, it takes a village. You are at the center, then your instructor or coach, but then all the other people and organizations and facilities and friends and fami...
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Episode 85
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38:34
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #84 – Jeff's Carcast – We Are Not for Everyone
In any business one of the most important things is knowing who your clients are. And equally important is to know who your clients are not. In this carcast, I take an honest look at who we are for and who we are not for. It's a complex discuss...
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Episode 84
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41:30
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #83 – Jeff's Carcast on Style vs. Success
Is it success that's the most important thing in scuba diving? Or style? This is a discussion – actually a monologue I recorded in my car – on the issue of style vs. success or, in scuba diving, style vs. certification. Drawn from a phrase comm...
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Episode 83
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24:07
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #82 – Are You Solo Diving as an Instructor?
We are Unified TEAM Diving not, as we sometimes like to say, Unified 'Go-Run-Off-By-Yourself Diving.' But what about when you are instructing students? Are they part of your team? Can they help you? What are everyone's expectations when instruc...
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Episode 82
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1:00:16
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #81 – Jeff's Carcast on Managing the Frustration of Setbacks
Setback happen. This is true for everything we are learning, particularly when moving to a higher level in any field. In scuba training, in Unified Team Diving, we have a thing called the "ebay dive." This is when you come out of the water afte...
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Episode 81
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27:41
UTD Podcast #80 – Jeff's Carcast on Fulfilling Unfulfilled Dreams
In the late 70's or early 80's I had an opportunity to take on something that looked really cool to me but my situation at the time blocked it. I've kept that dream alive until this past weekend when I fulfilled an unfulfilled dream. What are y...
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Episode 80
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20:18
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #79 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Live at DEMA 2023
We are live at the DEMA show in New Orleans taking questions from the audience. Listen to Jeff and Ben answer all sorts of random questions and, finally, almost get completely stumped.Contact us with your obscure questions and plan on s...
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Episode 79
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50:16
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #78 – Introducing UTD's new Director of Development Jay Gardner
Welcome to Jay Gardner, UTD's new Director of Development! Jay joins Jeff and Ben as the third member of UTD's management team, bring a lifetime of experience with companies both large and small.Jay started his journey in UTD as a coach...
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Episode 78
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33:30
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #77 – Jeff Carcast on Quitting Part 2 – When It's Okay to Quit
This is a short addendum to my previous carcast on quitting. In this quick episode I add a little info, this time about when it's okay to quit. There is a time and place for everything and sometimes the best thing is to "know when to fold 'em."...
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Episode 77
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14:10
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #76 – Jeff's Carcast on Quitting
"Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run." Great words to live by. In this carcast, actually recorded as a "hikecast" during this year's solar eclipse, Jeff looks at some of the mental and ph...
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Episode 76
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25:38
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #75 – Everything Rebreathers Part 1
Let's breathe without bubbles. In this episode, the first or two or three, Jeff and Ben look at all things rebreathers. In this first part: the what, why, how and the joys of diving rebreathers. In future episodes we will look at the trap...
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Episode 75
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1:02:50
UTD Podcast #74 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving Vol. 15 – The Tech Student Episode
A live episode with slightly sketchy audio, although it was a technical marvel. Ben and three of his tech students in Norway, Jeff via cell phone from San Diego. In this episode we take live questions from the students who just completed their ...
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Episode 74
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1:04:33
UTD Podcast #73 – Jeff's Carcast on Compliance and Consistency
Consistency and compliance. Or is it compliance and consistency? Either way, these are the two hallmarks of a great client relationship with their coach and coaching program.In this carcast, Jeff takes a look at how consistency and comp...
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Episode 73
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29:05
UTD Podcast #72 – Jeff and Ben on the August 2023 San Diego Classes
Following two weeks of UTD classes in San Diego, and a few minutes before Ben heads back to the airport to return to Denmark, we chat about how this series of classes went for both the instructors and the students.
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Episode 72
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12:08
UTD Podcast #71 – Lisa Huynh on Coaching and Essentials
In this episode Jeff sits with UTD Scuba Coaching client Lisa Huynh the day after she completed UTD Essentials of Rec. Lisa explores how she got her start with coaching, the benefits of integrating UTD's in-water training with the coaching prog...
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Episode 71
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22:30