What a surprise. The context of the whole podcast is about competition casting, AFAIK he is casting sport national coach. Would you be more happy if Paul moved this thread to the casting sport section? No. It would just be good if people had some cognition of the audience being addressed. You requi...

You still haven’t provided any support for your statement from post #133. “Do your own research” is not an answer. You made the statement. Exercises and stretches, I suggest the one's that increase an individual's range of motion. John Okay. Why do you suggest this? The scientific papers indicate st...

Hi John, In post #133, you said: I think improvement in targeted flexibility has great benefit for recreational anglers, competition casters and instructors and applies to technique enhancement, performance improvement and the most important aspect of all, injury mitigation . I’ve asked you to provi...

As to exercises, you can research which are relevant, there's a lot available. Hi John, You're doing the PhD and you are the one stating exercises are useful. You're the expert in this field. In your opinion, what exercises and stretches are most applicable to the recreational caster and the instru...

On flexibility and injury prevention: This is still not a proven theory. Citing the Mayo Clinic: : “Want to reduce injuries? You need to stretch!” You’ve likely heard the above advice countless times. However, research doesn’t support it, especially regarding static stretching. “The research over th...

So, flexiblity beyond "that of a normal healthy individual's is not required for recreational fishers, instructors and (some) competition casters". Is that an opinion or is there evidentiary support of that statement which you could refer me to? Hi John, I can support my statement by show...

Hi Graeme, I think improvement in targeted flexibility has great benefit for recreational anglers, competition casters and instructors and applies to technique enhancement, performance improvement and the most important aspect of all, injury mitigation. John Hi John, Do you have evidence to support...

I have never had a student who needed to increase their flexibility to achieve more distance in the cast they started a lesson with. True, I've never tried to teach someone who is aiming to compete though. Most students want to reach something approaching 100'. If they don't have any injuries, that ...

G'day Thomas. Welcome to the board.

Cheers,
Graeme

The best way I've found of disavowing a student of the importance of rods is to pick up their rod and cast lovely loops to 90'. They see that their rod is not a constraint on their casting: their skill level is. We can discuss rods, but when they've seen perfect loops* produced with their own rod, t...