I too want my fishing partners to have success. I think your post points out something important. Despite the threads that go on and on about casting not being important, it is. That and line management(in the hand, in the air, on the ground, on the water). I help with classes for middle-schoolers, college kids, and geezers like me. The toughest for newbies, hitting the water and line management, are hands down the biggest killer to an initial experience. This not pitching a gob of crawlers in the river. It requires some time off the water, before the water. To take folks out w/o time spent on the lawn is a recipe for disappointment.