I can tell you this about his method. It was developed over the years of fishing in flooded trees. In such a situation you cannot raise your pole above horizontal or you will be into the trees and branches. Also you do not use your arm to swing your jig out. Your elbow must remain at your side. While teaching his technique he stands you up against a wall, that way you cannot use your arm to swing the jig. It is strictly using a pendulum motion to load the rod and then releasing the jig at the right moment to shot forward. If you can picture this, it's like dock shooting without grabbing the jig.
"gene"