Walter & Group.......
Bruce Richards' reply to our Group message with our multiple contributions on hand speed: -
Wow, lots of opinons. All very interesting, especially since a very fine
cast can be made with no translational motion of the rod hand at all! IF
someone did, for some strange reason, want to compare hand speeds of
typical casters, the haul hand would certainly move faster. Although we
haven't scientifically measured rod hand speed my educated guess would be
max hand speeds of maybe 3 m/s, pretty insignificant when compared to tip
speeds of up to 80 m/s and haul speeds of 15 m/s. The speed of the rotation
of the wrist is many times more important than hand translation. Sometimes
people like to think of hand speed as related to baseball, thinking that we
are capable of moving the rod 80-100 mph because that is how fast a pitcher
can throw. Much of their speed comes from late wrist rotation, not
translation speed of the hand.
Interesting discussion, as long as no one gets deceived into thinking that
rod hand translation speed is a significant contributor to line speed. Of
course, top casters will be looking for every edge so will try to maximize
hand speed to gain a few more inches, maybe...... But, if their desire to
increase rod hand speed detracts from rod rotation even a little, the net
result will be less distance. I don't know anyone who actively works on
increasing rod hand speed....
Bruce
Scientific Anglers/3M
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Bruce....
Thanks. You have put things in perspective (as you usually do !)
Gordy