Or is this something that you have tried suggesting even when they have access to the great outdoors? Or perhaps during lessons?
I remember (almost 25) years ago being asked about this by Bugman Mark, who taught karate…
A nice reference to internal/external focus there!Hi Paul,
Have you ever used a psychological training technique called visualisation? I use it a lot in my training, and was wondering if it could be applied to flycasting. (Mark is a Karate instructor - Paul)
The idea is that if you sit quietly for half an hour each day, close your eyes and visualise yourself doing a tricky technique perfectly, then your technique will improve. I use it a lot for Karate, and it does work. What got me thinking about the flycasting is this: Some people who use the technique for weapons training (let's say a wooden staff, for instance) say that they visualise the body movements they have to make, and when they train the staff naturally follows the correct path. Others say they visualise the path of the staff, and their body automatically makes the correct movements when they train. Personally I visualise both - one is no good without the other, after all.
Mark
Mark Whittaker
Cheers, Paul