How do you equate the contribution of Jeff’s hips and shoulders compared to his arm movement to line speed? He defines distance casting as “whatever is longer for you” so that covers quite a range of recreational fishing distances. Good definition. Thanks John, I’ve looked at the video and know wha...

Sorry Gary, a spillover from work The term ‘SQEP’ is used in industry to mean ‘suitably qualified and experienced person’. SQEP may be considered as a criterion for competence. Also, ‘competence’ and ‘competency’ are both used to mean a measure of an employee’s knowledge, skill and experience. Regar...

I’m all in for error reduction in competition casting or assessment preparation but I’m not so enthusiastic for recreational purposes when error is much more highly objective dependent. What is a tracking error in your competition cast might be extremely handy in a presentation cast. In the recreat...

Hi John Sorry, long day at work and the one hour lesson afterwards turned into 2 hours. I then went for fish and chips and a pint which turned into 3 pints. What verifiable and reputable source did you access that allowed you to arrive at your conclusion that Dan's instruction was "a figure of ...

Hi John How do you describe "better performance" for recreational anglers in the UK? Adaptability, to enable them to deliver the fly where they need to, in the desired presentation using the range of available equipment in the environment that they are likely to fish. It means giving them ...

What’s the relevance of 40ft?

Paul Arden wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:37 pm Let’s take a 40’ cast then. No obstructions. Our caster has duck taped his rod butt to his forearm because he couldn’t afford the strap.
His cast goes 40’. Are we cool with this? (He’s not a competition caster)

Why would you teach a highly variable task by restraining someone?

regards

Vince

Hi John My point is that athletes in many sports produce enhanced performances over time and it is often the result of better technique, better coaching and better preparation, physical and mental........I use movement principles to deliver the novice's objectives. For a recreational angler, can you...

And a bit more on baseball. Taking real data based on constraints and looking at the bigger picture rather than absolute performance throws up some interesting findings: Does the kinetic chain link in the expected proximal to distal order? Does it link in the same way with each execution of a moveme...

Hi John so I repeat, it has been done before Yes, by starting with a question, forming a hypotheses and conducting a test then analysing the captured data. So what is “the” question that you want answered? in 2023 3,367 pitches hit 100 mph or faster. Something has changed in technique and many coach...