Good demos for learning

 

Walter & Group....

 

Message from Joe Libeu re: "Never let your student see how well you can cast."  (For those of you who may not know, Joe is a CBOG member who has an unusually great experience with teaching fly casting and coaching candidates at Long Beach, Ca.)

 

 

Lets see, you are doing a demonstration of the cast you want the individual to learn and you don't do it well.  In many cases it is important that a student see how well you cast and then learn what it takes to get to that point.

 

Joe

 

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Joe makes a good point, here.  One of the prime ways some students learn best is to observe a specific cast being done well by the instructor.

 

The message by Dan Mcrimmon was made in jest.......a good way to win a beer !

 

I've made some comments, too, about not demonstrating your expertise as an instructor.  What I meant, however, was that I feel it's best to SHARE what you know and can do rather than, "showing it off" to your students as an ego thing.

 

To demonstrate the proper technique to your students ?   ABSOLUTELY !!!

 

This is a prime reason that MCI's need to demonstrate proficiency with all casts.

 

Gordy