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Hi Gordy;
I agree with the below in regard to tailing loops. It is more precise and not at all hard to teach.
"The inappropriate application of power (force) is one cause.
The concave tip path is primary result.
The line wave is a secondary result
The tail is the outcome."
Introducing the incorrect term "power" to students is just as fraught with misunderstanding as the correct term "force". Why not use the correct term to start?
You mention that "The inappropriate application of force is one cause."
Other than coming off plane, where would "too much force" NOT apply in generating tailing loops?
Dan
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Dan,
Using the correct term (FORCE) is OK with me as we debate casting. Ally did make the point that using either term may not be the best way to go with students. I suppose it wouldn't be a problem with advanced students.
Seems to me that it isn't the amount of force that yields the concave rod tip path; rather the timing of its application that led to the term, "inappropriate application".
Bruce Richards has made that point, and I think he is correct.
As an example, let's imagine the total amount of force employed as Steve Rajeff makes one of his super distance casts with no tail compared with a student who uses only a fraction of that force yet still gets a tail. Steve has applied that force with perfect timing. The student had poor timing as he jerked his rod. That "jerk" was a sudden burst or spike of force which resulted in a dip and return of his rod tip i.e. a concave rod tip path.
I suppose we could say that the rod tip "came off plane" as a result of what the student did.
Gordy
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