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STEP
1:
With net
straightened and lying between your feet, fasten the tag end of
the retrieved rope to the right wrist. Then coil the rope in small
coils and hold them in your right hand. Place the throat of the
net on top of the rope coils in your right hand. Then slide your
left hand about a third of the way down the net. |
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STEP
2:
Coil the length of
the net you just measured and place it in your right hand. Now
slide your left hand down the net to crotch level. Make a coil of
this second length of net and also place it in your right hand.
You should now have two roughly equal coils of net in your right
hand and about two-and-a-half feet of net left dangling . |
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STEP
3:
Kneel on your right
knee and place your left foot forward. Pull one loop of the lead
line from the rear of your bundle and lay that loop across your
right elbow as far as it will go without pulling in your right
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STEP
4:
Starting at your
right elbow, go clockwise around the lead line for approximately
four feet. Now lay that lead line over your left thigh. Continue
in a clockwise manner and lay the net across your left thigh until
you have approximately half of the remaining net and lead line
draped across your left thigh. You should now be supporting half
of the lead sinkers with your left leg and the other half with
your right hand. |
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STEP
5:
With the net
divided into roughly halves, put the pinkie finger of your left
hand through the net mesh of the first lead line that you laid
over your left thigh. The proper location is through the bottom
mesh (next to the lead line) right on top of your left thigh.
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STEP
6:
This is the way
your left hand grips the net. The pinkie finger is through the
mesh at the lead line and the third finger lays by the pinkie as a
sort of guard. The mesh of the net is held between the thumb and
first two fingers and rests against the top of the third and
pinkie fingers.
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STEP
7:
This is what the
net looks like when you are holding it properly and are prepared
to throw it. The small loops of the line and two loops of the net
are held in the right hand. The retrieval line is tied around the
right wrist. One loop of lead line lies across the wrist. One loop
of lead line lies across the right elbow. Approximately half of
the lead line is supported by the right hand and is hanging about
two and a half feet below the right hand. The balance of the net
and lead line is held in the left hand and in the grip described
in Illustration 6. The lead line is hanging about a foot to a foot
and a half down from the left hand. Note that there is no call for
lead line held in the mouth or for draping wet net across your
shoulder.
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STEP
8:
The windup is the
first part of the throw. Ideally the left foot is forward and
pointed about 45 degrees to the right of where you intend to
throw. The right foot is behind the left at just over the shoulder
width distance, and is roughly parallel. Rotate your arms back to
the right and shift your weight to your right foot. As you spin
back forward your weight will shift back to your left foot. The
throw is more of a slinging motion in which both arms naturally
extend to aim the net. The release is just to let go with your
hands. The net will naturally peel off your right elbow and off
your left pinkie finger. Experience and practice will help perfect
your aim.
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