Walter & Group........
From Rene Hesse (MCCI Candidate) : -
Gordy,
The points you make are right on the mark. Digging in to the Masters studies has been very exciting for me, mind expanding. You gave a seminar in Atlanta that got me sparked again to read, compare, study and practice. Poor Peter, I had him out in a cold down pour last week.
I would like to find more information on 'teaching' methodology.
Here is my thought...
I teach with the intent to inspire the person to 'want to do it again.'
There is a lot of positive support while going over the basics with a beginner.
My more advanced student still gets the 'one minuite repermand' when I identify the problem, I
get him to acknowledge the problem. Then explain or demonstrate how to correct it, and then praise them when they can understand and or correct it. (praise must be equal to critique)
I have a sales background and I think in terms of;
meet, greet
qualify (what do you want to get out of this class?)
select (choose what the best way to achieve their goal)
demo (explain and demonstrate the task or concept)
trial close (see if they can do it)
write up (work on it till we get it done)
follow up (praise the work, show them something else to think about and stay in contact)
I have a great library of Kreh, Krieger, Wolf,... and many more, including videos. So far I have been taking something from everyone and avoiding some things I see as teaching faults.
Other than that type of 'teaching' can you think of any other ideas that may help my teaching methodology?
I spoke to a professional speaker and he gave some interesting advice. He said the most effective way to present a point was in 'sound bites'. Use short phrases much like we are taught. That is the kind of information I'm looking for.
Thank you for keeping me in the loop
Rene
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Rene...
Literally thousands of teaching tricks exist for many different disciplines.
You have already started to answer your own question as you relate fly casting teaching to that of teaching basic salesmanship !
Many sports have gone much further and earlier into the details of teaching. The true teaching of fly casting, by comparison, is a, "johnny come lately" newcomer. We have, for example, learned a great deal from the educators of schoolchildren to those learned professors at universities.
In particular, we've taken many pages from the teaching techniques of ski instructors. (Ken Cole ... a Master ski instructor as well as fly casting instructor, has helped us as have others ... )
We've learned a great deal from the techniques of the great teachers of golf. Probably the greatest of them all being Harvey Pennick. As you read HARVEY PENICK'S LITTLE RED BOOK Lessons and Teachings From a Lifetime in Golf, Harvey Pennick with Bud Shrake (IBSN 0-684-85924-6 ) you will be impressed that one can almost always substitute the words, "fly casting" for, "golf" and come up with good advice for the instructors of each.
I've use many of my own teaching methods of instructing young surgeons over the years as I apply them to those of fly casting.
A wonderful thing about teaching in any discipline is that it leaves lots of room for the personality and wisdom of the individual teacher and his infinite bag of tricks. He must use his personality and knowledge to inspire his students. As Mel Krieger said, "The essence of teaching is inspiration."
Teaching of flycasting is no different.
Gordy