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Walter & Group....
[GH] Comments from Ally Gowans :
Hi Gordy,
I used to be happy to call the casts the that Joan illustrates (p137/8) “backhanded” but actually neither Joan or anyone else I have seen does them backhanded although it is physically possible to do them with the hand rotated so that the forward delivery is effectively a “back cast”.
“Across body” or “opposite shoulder” I think are better terms.
I’m not a tennis player but perhaps the term comes from that game where I assume backhanded means exactly that?
Best wishes,
Ally Gowans
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[GH] Ally,
Yes. I look at a "backhanded cast" as a cast with a delivery on the back cast.
Not the intent of Task 2.
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[GH] From Gary Eaton :
Gordy ,
I will share my copy of Joan's book with Jim Laing.
On the cited pages, one of Joan's drawn approaches shows across body with significant side bending of the trunk. In discussions with an MCI candidate, they report that a Casting Board Governor failed him on this task because the side-bending "looked awkward and uncomfortable" NOT because the line and loop presentation did not match the task. A tragic but classic imposition of a preferred style to the exclusion of substance.
Needless to say, this soured the person on the process because they had done the right-thing by pursuing mock-tests where other Governor(s) had encouraged this side-bending method to keep the rod above the head. My own preparation included Tom White and others encouraging the raised elbow so that the rod could clear above the head on off-shoulder exercises. Remaining upright may be a significant factor on the off-shoulder accuracy task, but not this one. When teaching this task I use the nick-name of the "around-the-clock" exercise.
Gary Eaton
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[GH] From Guy Manning :
Mark asks:
Gordy,
I have three questions on Task #2:
1. I have seen this task performed two ways: right handed caster casting off shoulder and right handed caster simply leaning over to the left and casting on shoulder. Are both acceptable?
2. At the horizontal is there an expected line height somewhere around waist level?
3. To fight the effects of gravity an ever so slight climbing cast, forward and back, helps on the horizontal. Is that allowed?
Thank you,
Mark Milkovich
1. I accept both, or a combination of both. You can only get so far off-hand without the whole thing looking and feeling silly, adding the body bend makes it better.
2. No
3. It seems almost necessary to me if you are close to the ground, which is not a requirement.
Guy Manning
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[GH] Guy,
For the candidate who is supple enough and can get into a comfortable appearing crouch, that's OK with me, too. When I was a bit younger, I could do that and look cool in the process.
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