VGB wrote:Bernd Ziesche wrote:In fly casting I have seen quite some very good casters, which I think would never make it to a top level in those other sports. So my question is how much of those physical and sensomotoric abilities do we really need to become a top fly caster?
Interesting comment and one that has bothered me. Sport has never been a problem for me but I have struggled with fly casting, same with my middle son. My eldest lad, who is not a natural sportsman in the traditional sense find it easy. Which particular abilities do you think that a fly caster needs that is not prevalent in traditional sports?
Hi Vince,
sorry, I did not mean to bother you of course.
Let me add a few more thoughts here. If we want to train people for a 100meter sprint, I think many would never make it below 15 seconds. The best sprinters are below 10 seconds. Am pretty much sure, those being below 10 seconds were born with a very specific set of high level physical as well as sensomotoric skills. And I believe they would do very well in many kind of sports. Instead those having to carry lots of weight while having relatively short legs at the same time would (I think) never get even close to 15 seconds. Also older people would significally loose their ability to stay within the top range.
Within fly casting I don't see the need for such high level physical skills. We don't have to force our bodies until the extreme limits to achieve a very good fly casting level.
Chris pointed out "motivation", Lasse pointed out "will" and I agree those to be very important. Lasse also pointed out training must take place after a lesson as Paul and I already wrote, too. Besides that I do believe that the highest will does not help much as long as one does not understand a lot of details about fly casting.
I believe, that understanding the process helps to become a pretty good fly caster within much shorter time and it is the foundation to achieve a significant higher level simply.
Reading about you struggling on fly casting leads me to ask, if you had a few good lessons yet?
Those being a natural sportsman I never saw struggling really when having a good lesson.
Now you may want to ask what do I understand to be a good lesson. Simply the one helping you to get over all points you are struggling on in short time. A good lesson should offer you "drills" (exercises) helping you to get better in those parts you are struggling. In my experience people struggling in fly casting was in 95% based on not understanding what they were doing wrong. Having pointed out the causes and offering a good exercise, they (with some will of course) could jump up the latter fast afterwards.
In the end we find young people, older people, thinner people (like me and Lasse
), more weighty people (am not giving any example here
), small people, tall people, men and women all being able to hit a very good level in fly casting.
What usually those being in the top range did have in common:
They had a serious amount of lessons with a lot of different experts. It might have been in forms of exchanging knowledge or in forms of official lessons etc. But they did have the exchange and finally understood a lot about the HOW and WHY.
Greets
Bernd