I vote for the beer first then the casting attempts
I don't believe there is a one-way-only or one right & all others are wrong way of doing this. A lot of the choice of body and footwork is a choice of personal preference or what you find works for you. I liken the style you showed as sort of a basketball sky-hook motion. That does work! However, I've found that I can cast farther by applying some skills I've learned from other sports.
BTW, we both agree on a very important point:
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if it is a jerky movement than the jig will wobble through the air causing you to lose precious feet.
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Whether you use the plant your back leg through your hips and back approach, or use the "sky hook" approach, if you don't do it smooth your cast will suck. I say pick an approach and practice it until you can repeat it without thinking too much about it.
On the twisting of the reel thing: I hear what your saying. I've found when casting with my Avets that the spool does slow down when you do that. But because the spool doesn't slow on it's own as the jig slows, this motion helps "naturally" slow the spool down a bit so you have to do less thumbing. If you have to thumb the reel, you're slowing it down anyway. But you're right about this whole subject...part of what you have to do is learn the nuances of the reel you're using an adapt. I look forward to reading your tutorial on this part of the subject.
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