Walter....
That visualization factor can be a very important tool. Over the
years, I used it before doing a complicated operation. Many a time, I did
the same thing; "mental casting" to help solve some fly casting problems.
Gordy
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:11
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Subject: Re: Fw: More tips for
practice
Yes - another thing that a common trait with top athletes and
musicians - visualization. Before executing a task they think their way
through it. The visualization can be very lengthy or concentrate on a single
point needing improvement. Pantomiming is also an excellent learning tool (as
mentioned in Jason Borger's book and as shown by Mel in teaching the double
haul).
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday,
October 25, 2005 6:40 am
Subject: Fw: More tips for practice
>
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> From: Allen Crise<')"
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> To: Gordon Hill<')"
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> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:31
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> Subject: RE: More tips for practice
>
>
> Howdy
Gordy & Group
> Most do not know that muscles learn when resting. To
just keep
> casting and casting is not the best on the body at all.I
have
> found that brief stops and resting after a set of cast. i.e
short
> cast to a 20 ft target. Then just contemplate the cast for a
> minute or two. making 'mind cast' if you will.
> My practice is
to run my targets 20 twice, 30 twice, 40 twice 60
> and then 80 twice
Then one more for pure distance. Hail Mary cast.
> Then go to the
Task list for the TEST.. I carried the list out
> with me for about one
month. each day I ran the test. This took
> all together about 25
minutes. That left about 5 minutes for a
> problem area. Like maybe a
right hook from vertical. This I would
> do for a short time. Run the
targets one more time.
> Then wind in on the reel Often wiping the line
as I came in on a
> cloth. I felt that this would remove the grit and
dirt that I did
> not want on my reel. This I did every day. Rain, sun,
fog, wind,
> it did not matter I was casting. In the 18 months before
my test I
> missed about 3 days of casting. Fishing did not count.
Teaching
> did not count. This was MY time. Now during the day I might
answer
> some of Gordy's questions. reading about casting. Videos were
> studied with the control in hand. I will tell you I lived Fly
> Casting. I have found that the early mornings were the best for
> me. Not when I was physical tired in the late afternoon. (My
>
casting was better too.)
> I do work a rotating shift that lets me cast
in different times
> of the day. Here in Texas it is often hot and dry.
So I seldom had
> to don my rain gear but I did on a couple of times.
IF not
> lighting I was casting. I was an love obsession that has not
let
> up much.
> Sometime Gordy or one of the other
students would voice a
> problem in a cast. I would pick up my rod and
work through the
> cast. Then come back to the computer and put it in
words. Gordy
> and I would hash it over. Thanks to Gordy for all the
time he as
> spent in teaching me how to type....
> Have a great
day.
> May God protect the storm ravaged.
>
> ol
Al
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