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Rec 2, Success is Worth the Struggle

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Hi and welcome. I'm so glad you decided to join us here at Unified Team Diving! My name is James Mott and I am one of the UTD instructors based in the Great Lakes area. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me or…

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Hi James, thanks for the message! I will spread the word wide, and loud too ;-) Keep in touch Antonio

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What are your levels of training?: Instructor, Technical Diver, Overhead Diver, Recreational Diver, Scooter, Rescue

Favorite Dive Sites (water, not internet): Great Lakes Shipwrecks

About me:: James Mott is an instructor for Unified Team Diving International, a DIR based training agency that is committed to building thinking divers. A veteran of the Great Lakes area diving community, James started working at Don’s Dive Shop in 1991 just two years after learning how to scuba dive and has managed Sea The World Scuba Center since its opening in 1996. James’ heart lies beneath the cold waters of the Great Lakes along with the ship wrecks that he loves diving, in addition he also has a new found love for Florida’s cave diving and an occasional dip in shark infested waters. Passionate about educating the diving community and sharing an underwater philosophical base, James’ instruction provides infinite possibilities and extends attainable excellence to all divers willing to reexamine their underwater behavior.

If you are an Active Status UTD Instructor, what classes do you teach?: UTD Instructor- Recreational 1, 2, 3, Essentials, Into to Tech, Tech 1, Overhead Protocols, Scooter 1, Nitrox, Dive Master, Zero Buoyancy, Gas Blender

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Recognizing The Purpose

Posted on October 22, 2009 at 1:28pm 6 Comments 0 Likes

What is the purpose of taking a class, in particular a UTD class? Is it to receive another card, gain access to a deeper depth, to stay down longer or to go further? Should we enter a class with these thoughts as our goals? Or should these achievements be the bonus we get for improving something even better? The education at UTD strives to teach our students something more than just the namesake of a class.

There is a pretty severe line that separates success from failure and too… Continue

Maybe Next Time!

Posted on June 7, 2009 at 6:00pm 2 Comments 0 Likes

It’s all about paying your dues. I learned many years ago that there was, no such thing as a free lunch, but at $5.95 for a burger, fries and tall draft beer, I’ve gotten pretty close. The winds will not let us dive today. So there I sit, bellied-up to the bar at a local harbor town tavern, my dive team and I toast another round to the sea gods of yesteryear and ask for permission, next time… maybe.

The Great Lakes hold secure the finest treasures a shipwreck diver can seek. These… Continue

REC 2, Success is Worth the Struggle

Posted on April 22, 2009 at 6:54pm 2 Comments 0 Likes

I was trying to find a quote that could sum up what we all just went through during my last UTD Recreational 2 class. I had two guys who were very enthusiastic, great spirits, strongly committed but just needed a little more work.

The last Recreational 2 class started off with a lot of issues that needed attention. The UTD program demands the best from our students, granted it is specific to their level… but we still expect a student to perform to a certain ability in or order to achieve a… Continue

Recreational 2 Report

Posted on April 15, 2009 at 11:19am 1 Comment 0 Likes

Recreational 2

April 10-12 was a beautiful spring weekend up here in Michigan and made for some spectacular experience dives for my recent Recreational 2 students, Joe and Josh Hohner. We did the dives at three separate locations, Union Lake, Spring Mill Pond and Gilboa Quarry. Union and Spring Mill gave us about 20ft of visibility, but the experience dives at Gilboa were absolutely amazing. Sunday morning the sun was shining, skies were blue and the viz was 60-80ft+,… Continue

Economic Decompression

Posted on January 28, 2009 at 9:09am 5 Comments 0 Likes

My fellow scuba divers,

Listening to the news recently, I was shivering and shaking, hiding under the blanket with just my eyes peeking out to watch the report on the state of the world’s economy and how doomed we all were. Then if that wasn’t scary enough… the weather forecast came on next, don’t we ever get a break?!?!

But today as I was driving into the dive shop in 8 inches of show, and I got to thinking… this isn’t that bad. I’ve driven in much worse than this, and then I thought… Continue

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At 8:19pm on January 29, 2012, Michelle Eckerman said…: Hi James :0) You're my only friend, talk to me! haha Dig the blog!

At 3:34am on January 2, 2012, Carlos Salerno Goncalves said…: Hi James...I'm very late... tanks for your comment... I wishe a grest 2012...

At 3:08pm on November 9, 2011, Gonzalo Pérez Mata said…: Hi James,

Thanks for your message.

At 12:27pm on November 3, 2011, Antonio Dosa said…: Hi James, thanks for the message!

I will spread the word wide, and loud too ;-)

Keep in touch

Antonio

At 5:06am on November 3, 2011, Alfonso Vila said…: Thanks for the welcome

At 6:12pm on November 2, 2011, Richard Baldwin said…: Thank you for the welcome. I'm busy buying equipment complient with UTD practices as I can afford it. Wings are my next biggy.

I'm splitting my time between Boise, ID and Singapore so I'm looking for classes in those two areas, so far nothing is posted.

At 11:17am on October 14, 2011, Paul Kubicz said…: Thanks, James! I registered for Tech Essentials!

At 5:14am on August 12, 2011, Darío Ruiz Rodríguez said…: Thanks James for your welcome. I hope I will enjoy this community. Could be, one day we could dive together in the Lake Michigan. Is it too cold by thanksgiving?

Best regards,

Darío

At 8:55pm on July 14, 2011, Carmichael Espiritu said…: Thanks James for the warm welcome! Yes I'm sure I'll enjoy this community & learn more good stuff here. More Power!

At 5:16am on July 14, 2011, Francisco José Giráldez López said…: Gracias James.Yo tambien estoy muy contento de pertenecer UTD.Espero poder coincidir contigo algun dia.Saludo desde España.