Step 1 draw a straight line with the rod tip, step 2 get the rod out of the way - finished. So the student does not know, what he did wrong, but tries to fix the outcome. Ok, got it. Then it's a short cut, too. 👌 Only I wonder what he will remember how he received the improvement. I find it too har...

To say that only in plane tracking is correct and everything else is faulty is self limiting for an angler. Does that mean you dislike the 5 Essentials? Because they are all opposite of what's needed in some certain situations. Of course we need slack line sometimes. Of course we can't wait for the...

Tracking for me relates to the path of the rod tip relative to the surface/plane the rod moves through. For me tracking can therefore be straight or curved, irrespective of our preferred geometry constraints. Thus tracking for you only refers to some fraction of the accelerational tip path I take i...

Hi Paul, I called a student of mine. He is a professor in math. He said, that I was right about planes to be flat in general. You are right, too and in higher math there is a differentiation between euclids and hyperbolic planes. Hyperbolic planes can be R=1 (sphere) or R=-1 (the one you presented),...

The rod tip can travel within a plane, and... The rod itself can travel within a plane. The first can be called the loop plane, while the other called the rod plane. Hi Gary, In my view you put it almost all well in #65. 👌 Just one aspect I see a bit different. Rod travels in rod plane (usually nev...

With most students the forearm is moved along a curved surface. That needs improvement. Why not just use the tip that can be seen, or the line layout to remove instructional complexity? This is pretty much the core of external cueing: decreasing complexity, improving movement fluidity, easing reten...

Consequently, we can remove that instructional step. I can't. Tracking in terms of moving the rod along a plane is a major issue we all have to some degree and always will have. I train it myself, too. For me it starts around my forarm movement when casting in the open stance. With most students th...

Thanks Graeme,
That makes all sense now. I like the use of the Nike logo.
Cheers
Bernd

The indirect haul can be named “passive” if the line hand does not move at all. I made a comparison with a fixed position of the line hand Hi Merlin, Love to see the numbers for Henry's cast. 👌🙏 When hauling with a fixed line hand position slip easily becomes an issue. https://vimeo.com/59805806 Sa...

Based on discussions with other members we came up with two reasons for hauling. One was to shorten the amount of line in the air (distance related) and the other was to increase line speed (speed) related. ... The reason for defining the effectiveness and efficiency of the haul is provide a means ...