Like I thought the rod would make a difference to ball or javelin throwing but after comparing javelin throwers who had never cast a fly rod, to experienced fly casters, including CCIs and a multiple world fly casting champion, I no longer hold that view I must be getting dim in my old age… 🙂 Sorry...

Yep I was thinking about that Mark. For children athletes pitching balls I can understand why it is introduced early on. They are directly throwing the ball. We on the other hand, are “throwing” rods to throw lines into loops. That’s why I think the loop part needs to come in first. That being said...

Nor are we here. I have not consulted any US football quarterback coaches. However I have consulted widely with a number of individual, widely published PhDs in the disciplines of biomechanics, motor learning, exercise physiology and sports science. Now I may be wrong, again, but in my humble opini...

I don’t think I teach that John. Not in any direct way for sure. I can definitely see the value in focusing on it for distance work. I agree with Paul though, It’s not something I would choose to introduce early in the learning process when I want the minimum number and maximum visibility of extern...

What do you think? I think that you are referring to poor performance causing disappointment but trying to shoehorn it into the 3 stages of learning. No, that assumption is incorrect. Maybe you should ask gridiron coaches that question and let us know what answer you obtained. T We are not exactly ...

Hi Paul, I agree a modular or tiered approach is the way to go. People can enter at different levels, but importantly move back as well as forward through the levels. I introduce rotational separation concurrent with any centre of mass linear movement, so it is from the start. Unlearning is much har...

Hi Vince, As usual, in bold. John Hi John Attend a WC and talk to competitors about that. Are they there for a lesson? Performance or learning? What do you think? Gary has stated it is used to teach kids in the US how to be quarterbacks. Unless I am mistaken and, or ignorant of the terminology you h...

Stretch and release? Let me take a guess... which has a better than 50% chance of being wrong. :( But I believe it is a common instruction for kids who want to be US football quarterbacks? If you Google for football passing technique coaching, you will find a number of slow-mo videos of famous NFL ...

Hi Vince, Again in bold. John Hi John Line sag and line slag, means the caster searches for the "feel" of line tension on the rod tip often means the caster falls into the trap of using the wrist/elbow to gain control. The caster reverts to reinforcing an arm centric technique when a body ...

Stretch and release? Let me take a guess... which has a better than 50% chance of being wrong. :( But I believe it is a common instruction for kids who want to be US football quarterbacks? If you Google for football passing technique coaching, you will find a number of slow-mo videos of famous NFL ...