How to Become an SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor

🌊 I Am an SDI Instructor Trainer But That’s Not All I Do

My name is Coach Sze. 施教練

SDI Instructor Trainer.

In simple terms?

I train the people who train others.

But if you really ask me what I do,

I’ll tell you this

I help people turn

“Can I really do this?”

into

“I didn’t know I was capable of that.”

🤿 I Wasn’t Born Knowing How to Teach

Began leading programs in 1994.

More than three decades.

From mountains… to oceans.

From ropes… to regulators.

From student… to instructor… to Instructor Trainer.

I’ve seen students on Day One

so nervous they could barely breathe.

And I’ve seen them on the final day

calm, composed, leading dives with confidence.

That transformation?

It’s priceless.

🎓 What Is an SDI Instructor Trainer?

Simply put:

I don’t just teach you how to dive.

I teach you how to teach diving.

Teaching structure.

Risk management.

Rescue logic.

Psychological preparation.

Decision-making under pressure.

Professional responsibility.

Because a great instructor isn’t the strongest diver.

It’s the most stable one.

😌 The Type of Student That Worries Me Most?

Not the slow swimmer.

Not the one afraid of water.

The one who thinks they’re “not good enough.”

Because skills can always be trained.

Technique improves with practice.

But when someone believes they can’t

that’s where the real work begins.

Don’t worry.

I’ve been listening to waves for over 30 years.

I’m patient.

🌏 How Do I Run an IDC?

I bring you to the real field.

Not just classroom theory.

You observe.

You analyze.

You teach.

You make mistakes.

Because instructors aren’t created by reading.

They’re forged by experience.

I’ll laugh with you.

But I will always stand behind you.

I set high standards.

Because one day, lives will be in your hands.

💬 People Sometimes Ask Me:

“Coach Sze, why do you still have so much fire after all these years?”

Because a Diver

transform into a true instructor

I’m reminded that

human potential always goes one step further.

And I’m just here

to open that door.

🚀 If There’s One Thing I Want You to Remember

After all these years as an SDI Instructor Trainer

It’s this:

Diving seriously,

and you’ll earn the right to help others rise.

If you’re ready

to move from being a diver

to becoming someone who shapes other divers

I’m here.

Sze The World.

See More. Become More.

Yesterday for Tomorrow. 💪🌊

🌊 我係 SDI Instructor Trainer 但我唔止係教練

我叫施教練。

SDI Instructor Trainer。

簡單講，我係訓練教練嘅教練。

但如果你問我，我真正做緊乜？

我會話：

我喺度陪人，將「我可唔可以？」

變成「原來我得。」

🤿 我唔係天生識教

1994年正式帶活動。

三十幾年。

由山，到海；

由繩索，到潛水；

由學生，到教練，再到教練訓練官。

我見過好多人第一日嚟上堂，

緊張到連呼吸都亂晒。

到最後一日，

佢可以冷靜處理突發情況，

穩穩陣陣帶住一隊學生落水。

嗰種轉變

係無價。

🎓 SDI Instructor Trainer 是甚麼？

簡單講：

我唔只教你潛水。

我教你:點樣教人潛水。

教學結構。

風險管理。

救援邏輯。

心理調適。

現場判斷。

責任感。

因為教練唔係技術最勁嗰個。

而係最穩定嗰個。

😌 我最怕嘅學生？

唔係裝備少。

唔係怕水。

係覺得自己唔得嗰個。

因為只要你願意練，

技術一定會進步。

但如果你心入面話自己唔得，

咁我就要多花少少時間

陪你拆開嗰個心結。

放心，我有耐性。

海浪都拍咗三十年，我都未走。

🌏 我點樣教 IDC？

我會帶你去現場。

唔係紙上談兵。

我會叫你觀察、分析、試教、犯錯。

因為教練唔係讀出嚟。

係磨出嚟。

我會笑你。

但我一定會撐你。

我會要求高。

因為將來你要對學生負責。

💬 有人問我：

「施教練，點解你仲咁有火？」

能夠蛻變成真正嘅教練，

我都會覺得

人原來可以行多一步。

而我，只係幫佢開多一扇門。

🚀 如果你問我一句話

做 SDI Instructor Trainer

我會講：

潛得夠認真，

才配教人潛。

如果你準備好，

由潛水員，變成能影響別人的教練

我喺度。

Sze The World。

拓闊視野。

Yesterday For Tomorrow 💪🌊