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
>