Hi Lou,

You might find the info here useful.

Regards,
Tony.

Hi Mark, IMHO, a well executed PB ( a.k.a.“Hard Stop”, “Toft Block” etc.) foreshortens the casting arc, focuses counterflex energy towards the target and then captures the energy of the subsequent rebound, to further speed up the fly leg of the loop, as does a snap or a check haul. Since all of this...

Hi Gordy, Tony, I don't know what a standing compression wave might be, but how can you get compression in a flexible string? Gordy I'd align it, accelerate it (as in the fly leg of a loop) and then restrict it's forward motion (as in causing it to form a narrow loop).I reckon the rearwards elements...

Hi Graeme,

Great video. Standing compression wave would be my guess.

Regards,
Tony.

Hi Gordy,

the frequency of the 2nd mode in a tapered rod is about 3.3 times the fundamental frequency.

Thanks for that pearl. I had never thought about the effect of the taper.

Regards,
Tony.

Hi Gordy, I really liked your demonstration of using the second bending mode of the rod to produce tighter transverse waves with less effort. What camera or phone are you using to take your high speed videos? Gordy Twice as many transverse waves - superimposed on a transverse wave (or part thereof)?...

Hi Graeme, I had a play this morning during practice, paying more careful attention to the loop shape on really slow casts with tight horizontal loops, and yes, they do form on the sideways plane casts. Thanks for encouraging me look a bit harder Tony. Masterly response to my provocation. Good on yo...

Hi Gordy, Tony, was the top of the plank at the same height as that bar rather than being at the same height as the groove in the wheel of your pulley? The fly leg of your dolphin nosed loop seems to be much higher than the height of that bar. In my case, using a smooth coffee cup to form the initia...

Hi Gordy, Tony, Thanks for sharing this example of producing a dolphin nose loop with a haul around a rounded object. I have done a number of similar hauls, but in my case I pulled back rather than down, and as a result my loop shapes did not have such a pronounced dolphin nose shape. There are exam...

Hi Graeme, You might be interested in this little experiment. No shoot and no tip path so no consequent artefacts. In answer to your question Gordy, I read the paper and dismissed it as being invalidated by observations. Yes, I think her analysis is wrong and there is no such thing as a climbing loo...