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Walter & Group...
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[GH] More of you have taken Dan Davala's challenge :-
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[GH] From Steve Smith..
Answers to Dans Davala's give some positive comments:
1) Dennis Grant is very professionally dressed.
2) His voice projects well.
3) He is casting with a light fly line which should be easy for the student to see.
Steve
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[GH] Misako Ishimura discusses the teaching of the thumb-on-top-grip seen in Dennis' videos :
I would like to add some more for the grip.
When I teach the thumb on top grip, I check each student's grip one by one. Especially the thumb is not too flat on the cork or not too much pointing toward the cork. At the same time, I check student's hand angle, elbow position, too. You need to work on and practice the angle of the grip to the arm with this Thumb on the top grip.
There is another grip called Key Grip by Mel Krieger. It is more natural with the structure of the bones of hand and arm for being straight and good for casting the heavier rods.
Misako
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[GH] From the challenger himself ! Dan Davala.....
Gordy,
The three things I would compliment in this instructor are the following (I can expand on any if necessary):
1) The instructor exposes the students to the idea that there is not one rigid way of doing things and individual comfort and preference is part of this sport (different grips). He follows this up by suggesting and recommending the thumb on top grip.
2) When explaining the grip to the students, the hand and rod were oriented properly for the students to see and were easily viewed. Were there actually a group of twelve students there, I would expect the instructor to walk along the line of them being sure they all get a close up look at the recommended grip.
3) The instructor cast in the vertical plane which allows the rod arc to be clearly viewed by the students.
Additionally, while I think most of us would agree that a 4:1 ratio is preferred, a 1:1 ratio will always be ideal. That said, a 12:1 ratio can happen whether planned for or not and will certainly prepare a candidate for that inevitable oral test question of, "What do you do when your help doesn't show?" While not recommended, this instructor will benefit in the long run by gaining this "extreme ratio" experience which will base his answers to said question on actual teaching experience rather than imagined scenarios.
One more thing just to clarify. I am not suggesting that this instructor is doing these things correctly or perfectly, just that these are the things I would extract from what I saw, compliment, then build upon if I were mentoring him. There is simply always something to compliment. Just wanted to make sure that came through.
-Dan Davala
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[GH] My additions :
1.) In these videos, Dennis did not get too technical. He kept things simple and easily understandable.
2.) He did not commit the fault of "over-teaching" (giving too many topics in a brief time period).
3.) Presuming he was teaching new casters, his teaching was appropriate to their level.
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