Walter & Group:
From Jim Valle, MCI: -
Gordy,
This exercise has
proven invaluable in all kinds of lessons.
A couple of teaching
points that I have learned when using this
technique.
Don’t assume your
students get the transition from vertical to horizontal.
If you just start with
the horizontal they may not get the correlation to vertical and miss the whole
point!
I now include a demo of
vertical working down to horizontal and continue false casting while I turn my
body 90 degrees, explaining each step along the way, and also make it very clear
that the palm must remain up during the horizontal.
Sometimes I have to do
it twice till I see understanding in their eyes.
Hope this helps
Jim
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Jim
I would also add something that Tom White emphasizes........The caster MUST increase loop speed as he/she goes from vertical to horizontal rod plane casting.
These are some of the reasons for having this as a casting task on the MCI exam.....ie. Casting in rod planes from horizontal on one side of the caster to vertical, to horizontal on the other side. The candidate soon sees that as the horizontal rod plane gets so low as to have the loop almost clip the tips of the grass or the wave tops, if loop speed isn't sufficient, the, "sin" of ticking occurs.
In teaching students, I like to start with horizontal rod plane casting between markers or ropes, and then gradually have the caster go progressively more vertical. Helps a great deal to go back to that technique with double ropes stretched tight on the ground for MCI candidates who are having some trouble making nice tight back cast loops.
Gordy