Walter...
You and Laura will be providing a great service in Alberta !
Did Laura pass her CCI exam ? (She came so close at the last
conclave.)
Since your course seems to be directed at nearby or local casters, the
4 wk. period schedule seems to me to be a good idea. I like the way you
have organized the times. Even though it is a local event, I think it
would be a good idea to ask the FFF office to list it. I could comment
further if I could see an actual outline.
I look forward to your LOOP article. The rotational dynamics will
be a daunting task ... especially taking it from a pure physics description
to one understandable to non-scientific casters.
The concept of a casting stroke which starts out as almost pure linear
movement of the butt section of the rod and hand, then going to a
combination of linear movement and rotational movement with more rotation
than linear movement as this progresses, out to almost pure rotation is the
way I see it. Obviously no two casts will be exactly the same, and no
two casters will do it with the proportions of linear and rotational
movements being the same. Most of the speed of the rod tip must come
from the rotational component. The length of the rod as a lever is an
obvious factor, here, as it serves to dramatically magnify the travel
distance of the hand to yield a given length of tip travel in the same time
interval.
I'm sure that trying to come up with a mathematical formula to quantify
this would be a daunting challenge ! That wouldn't likely be a practical
accomplishment.
One of the problems with the, "CASTING ANALYZER" seems to me to lie in
the fact that it measures only one thing ..... rotational acceleration of
the rod butt. I've observed what are considered the, "best computer
readings" with casters who use a vertical rod plane. Casters using a
low elbow / off horizontal rod plane don't have readings which look nearly
as good ..... YET THEIR CASTS MAY WELL HAVE BETTER (NEEDLE SHARP) LOOPS and
greater distance achieved for the energy input, ie. more efficient.
This is something Lefty Kreh and I noted at our seminar last week.
Lefty is still an incredible caster at 82 years of age ! I have
never seen better needle sharp loops nor more efficient casts than he
makes. He is not at all scientific in his thinking or teaching .. yet
has come up with some new practical techniques which are hard to
refute.
Gordy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:45
AM
Subject: Re: Advice to MCCI
Candidates
Gordy - Thanks for the update. I've been running a course for people
who are interested in teaching and/or preparing for the CCI here in
Calgary and have had 6 people take the course so far. The course is 4 days
long with each day consisting of a 3 hour classroom session followed by
casting practice consisting of 1 to 1.5 hours of prepared exercises. I
stay as long as people like afterwards for open discussion or to help with
casting issues. Rather than running the course over 4 consecutive days I
run the course over a 4 week period so people have a chance to study and
practice between sessions. Of course each student gets the free 6 month
FFF membership for attending the course. I'm hoping to build a critical
mass of active CCIs in Calgary to raise the profile of the FFF here.
We have some MCIs locally, and they are all supportive, but all of them
are extremely busy with careers and other activities.
If you have time I would appreciate it if you would review the notes
I've prepared for the course and provide some feedback.
I'm going to try and organize a Canclave (Canadian Conclave)
for next year here in Calgary. Wish me luck on that.
Laura and I will be helping one of the local flyshops with their
beginner courses this summer. It looks like we will be teaching a class
almost every weekend from now until mid July. Should be a lot of fun.
I've been working on the physics primer whenever I get a chance. I
think the part on linear dynamics is looking good (another one I would
appreciate some feedback on...) but I've been stalled on how to make the
rotational dynamics easy to understand.
And of course we will be at the Conclave this year. Looking forward to
meeting up with everyone again!
If you get your pre-cert courses going again Laura and I are hoping we
can attend.
Signing off for now.
Walter----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:44 am
Subject: Re: Advice to MCCI Candidates
> Walter....
>
> I DEFINITELY recommend a pre-cert
course AND a pre-cert practice
> test before a candidate takes the
actual exam.
>
> Problem is where to fine these
opportunities.
>
> I'm about to make a motion to the Board
that the FFF office keep a
> list of ongoing and future MCCI prep
courses so the candidate can
> access info about them from a single
central source.
>
> As you know, Tom White and I gave both
CCI and MCI prep courses in
> the past, at Marathon, Florida but
did not do so this year since
> Tom had to be away for medical
reasons.
>
> Of course, you know about the brief, "courses"
given at the
> conclaves. These are too brief and superficial to be
of really
> great value to candidates beyond providing an
introduction to MCCI
> test expectations. In contrast, the prep
course Tom and I gave in
> the past encompassed 4 days of intensive
instruction and casting.
>
> As Jim Valle wrote in his LOOP
article, it is hard to beat the
> concept of a candidate having a
mentor. That isn't easy for you
> to do, I know, as you live in an
area where no CBOG's or many
> MCCI's are close by.
>
> Our Continued Education Committee has devoted a lot of time and
> energy in to coming up with ways of providing courses for CCI's
> and MCI's . We gave our first such course in Marlboro, Mass. in
> December. It was well received and heavily attended. We are
> committed to finding ways to give instruction at, "underserved"
> areas of the US. and Canada.
>
>
> Gordy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: WALTER/SUE
SIMBIRSKI<mailto:simbirsw@xxxxxxx>
> To: Gordon
Hill<mailto:hillshead@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007
4:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Advice to MCCI Candidates
>
>
> Gordy - I was thinking of a pre-cert for the MCCI.
>
> Walter
>