Jerry....
That's beautiful ! Let's share with the others.
A new teaching technique, to me.
Gordy
From: jerry puckett <jerry_puckett2001@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: teaching
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:54:50 -0800 (PST)
Dear Gordy,A young teenage friend has been mocking me for a year about my casting practice having watch me on several occassions with her friends. Boring to her as she often stated, "that is easy." So I decided to bait her a little and said if it is so easy I will give you $50.00 if you can cast it 50 feet."I don't need any instruction give me the rod." "O'kay here it is have at it!" What a comical 10 minutes while she frustrated herself. "Think you might need a little help, you were right it is easy if you know how?" I worked with a little but that $50.00 was working on her, so back to frailing.Johnnie, her name, you love music don't you! Well sometimes I sing to myself while I am practicing. Let me demonstrate and I started a relaxed casting while singing "Born Free." I am going to let you pracitice and sing and I will just sit down and let you have some fun.I could not believe the difference, she went to directly feeling the rod, singing and casting smoothly, eventually casting 40 feet, not bad for the first time. She was a pretty excited young lady calling her friends and bragging about her casting prowess.She will be back, that $50.00 is hanging over her head. Now the challenge will be to see if she will focus on the fundamentals and learning process. We did get a singing start.Just wanted to share this with you. Jerry