I'm sure I am not alone in that I have a couple of shelves full of old books on fly casting. You name it, and I probably have it... or had it and gave it away. I actually cannot read them much anymore... they put me to sleep. I've read them (or similar) so many times.
The many threads lately on learning and instruction are actually on quite different planes. Of course, some of the dusty books on the shelves touch on teaching, somewhat, but a lot of it is either dated or very biased to certain philosophies... like maybe the FFi list.
I recently picked up "Motor Learning and Performance" (Thanks!) and I'm part way into it. I started to devour it, and then realized something, stopped and backed up. I'm reading the first part over and much slower, taking notes this time.
It meshes quite well with my latest curiosity... teaching myself to cast left handed. I already feel like I have a decent idea on "how" to cast, or at least my opinion on how... so I've been fascinated with why it is quite difficult to do it (well) with my left hand. I've come pretty far. Paul would probably rate me as an intermediate. And it has been rather entertaining... but I really do not understand how I've done it other than through simple
repetition and determination.
The above book appears to provide a hint at what has been happening, and in not too difficult terms. (That last part is important... I'm further from a neurophysicist than a physics PhD... and I'm sure y'all realize how far I am from the latter!)
I'm wondering which other books, along the same lines, that y'all would recommend?
