17th February 2022 – During the Transnational Project Meeting held in Zagreb (Croatia), our project partner Komet organized a study visit in the Svetice swimming pool in order to show us how the local Diving Club Geronimo works and delivers courses to people in wheelchair.
A first successful attempt in South-Eastern Europe was developed in Slovenia (IAHD organization) in the beginning of this century, with the collaboration of Geronimo. The methodology was tested on first participants, and lately improved until it became standardized and eligible to be taught elsewhere.
Scuba diving is a highly technically demanding activity that usually prevents people that are not used to or keen on the program such skillful moves, steps, and preparation. The challenge and the innovation is to involve in this activities those populations that are usually perceived as less skillful or able to take on such activities.
The learning process of attempt-mistake-new attempt created a unique methodology, indeed of high quality and easily replicable.
