LEADING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIVE TRAINING
Frog Kick Diving (FKD) is Brian Wiederspan and Jeanna Edgerton, Seattle's Unified Team Diving (UTD) instructors and a west coast leader in dive training.
Since
2005, our goal has been to provide the highest quality dive training in the
While everyone has their own
interests in diving, we all share a common reason for why we dive…
By offering NAUI training in
addition to UTD training, we are able to provide a wide breadth of superior
dive instruction of all levels to the
Simply put, we don’t just certify
divers, we train and develop skilled and competent divers.
Safety, confidence, knowledge, comfort and skill go hand in hand with fun. We’re here to help you achieve your full potential in each.
WHAT IS UTD?
Unified Team Diving International (UTD) is an educational organization that certifies both instructors and divers who want to dive and/or teach utilizing UTD's comprehensive and holistic approach. While remaining consistent with it's roots in the Hogarthian configuration and philosophy, UTD International extends beyond these methodologies to create a new generation of divers. UTD believes a prepared diver is a "thinking diver", one who's keen sense of self, team members, environment and equipment enables him or her to reach their full diving potential while understanding and preventing situational hazards. This advanced skill level is realized through UTD International's innovative course structure, state of the art teaching methods, comprehensive student education materials, online learning center and classroom (example online classroom), and rigorous teaching standards. This certification process is an inclusive approach that is accessible to all in the diving community while maintaining UTD/Hogarthian compliance.
UTD, or Unified Team Diving, is an inclusive philosophy that unifies the team towards the dive, ultimately improving the safety, conformity and competence of the team and the members and therefore the enjoyment of the dive.
Although the roots of UTD philosophy and principles can be found in the Hogarthian equipment configuration and diving principles, UTD is the next generation of teaching and presenting diving principles that highlight consistency and unification within your team’s:
- Equipment configuration
- Dive objective and planning
- Training level
- In-water skill set
- Diving experience
The certification process is more an instructional path/methodology that leads the diver/instructor to a “Unified Team Diving” approach and ultimately makes them a “Thinking Diver”. We define “thinking diver” as one who understands the aquatic environment, is aware of the team and equipment, responds calmly to new situations, is proactive rather than reactive and enjoys diving for the sheer pleasure of it.
The advantage of seeking out instructors carrying the UTD certification is that by doing so you will ensure that wherever you train in the world, whatever course you take, you can be certain that all the UTD training you have received to date, or will receive in the future, will be consistent and compatible with utd/Hogarthian approach to diving. This will ensure you are consistent within your team, education and experience, and diving practices.
To see a schedule of our upcoming classes, please see our Schedule Page
For a list of our UTD Courses, please see our UTD Training Page
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