What the Body Does: Fly Casting, Biomechanics and Sensory Motor Learning
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:29 am
Some of you will have seen the series I wrote on the mechanics of fly casting which arose from my unhappiness with the existing material on the subject. Mechanics is about the application of force and it tells you why things work or don’t work. By itself, however, fly casting mechanics doesn't have much to say about what to do and how to do it. It concentrates our attention on what the rod and line do. The body making them do what they do is not in the picture. The body is the middle two of Bruce Richards’ Six Steps. I decided to try to put it back where it belongs which is in the middle of the picture as the “real” and central subject matter of how to fly cast, better.
Biomechanics is the study of how the body works to produce internally the force which is applied externally to the rod and thus to the line. It is the science of movement.
Biomechanics FOR Fly Casting
Sensory Motor Learning is about how we learn, control and refine control of the body movements which produce our casts.
Fly Casting and Sensory Motor Learning.
Taken together these three legs of the trifecta add some science to our pastime and our efforts to cast better. In Biomechanics FOR Fly Casting I specifically address the question begged about what value science can add to traditional knowledge and how they fit together.
It made conceptual sense to me to research and write in a certain order. Mechanics=>Biomechanics=>Sensory Motor Learning. By the time I finished the Einstein Series it became clear to me that casting mechanics are about efficiency. Optimising efficiency is the organising idea that connects all three parts as a hub secures spokes which together form the structure of a wheel. If all that sounds a bit abstract you might want to read my Blog about how my casting and practice have changed as a result of this knowledge.
As ever I hope some of my fellow pilgrims get some use from the work. No money involved. Reproduction is governed by a Creative Commons Licence.
Cheers
Mark
Biomechanics is the study of how the body works to produce internally the force which is applied externally to the rod and thus to the line. It is the science of movement.
Biomechanics FOR Fly Casting
Sensory Motor Learning is about how we learn, control and refine control of the body movements which produce our casts.
Fly Casting and Sensory Motor Learning.
Taken together these three legs of the trifecta add some science to our pastime and our efforts to cast better. In Biomechanics FOR Fly Casting I specifically address the question begged about what value science can add to traditional knowledge and how they fit together.
It made conceptual sense to me to research and write in a certain order. Mechanics=>Biomechanics=>Sensory Motor Learning. By the time I finished the Einstein Series it became clear to me that casting mechanics are about efficiency. Optimising efficiency is the organising idea that connects all three parts as a hub secures spokes which together form the structure of a wheel. If all that sounds a bit abstract you might want to read my Blog about how my casting and practice have changed as a result of this knowledge.
As ever I hope some of my fellow pilgrims get some use from the work. No money involved. Reproduction is governed by a Creative Commons Licence.
Cheers
Mark