[birdie_man]

Stick a ball on the end of a pencil. Tilt the pencil. Rotate the pencil between the fingers. This is NOT how the spine works in a golf swing. Although it seems to be.

Vertebrae allows the spine to re-position itself during the pivot. For some, less or more than others. This allows for a tripod.

A head that rotates to the right and left is no big deal- it is still centered on the tripod.

My camera tripod head moves 3 ways but it always centered over the legs.

This argument has wedged distance between many. The name calling is childish. Loyalties tested- over what? An inch or so of a centered head rotating to the side? Do you sway? Of course not. You stay centered over your legs. This ain't Ballard.

I got this idea from "another instructor" on "another site"....

His view is that it basically works like this when you turn around your spine:



The stick is in the BACK of the rocket....(just like the spine runs up the back of your torso and head)....

Now spin the rocket mentally....the stick is in the back....

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The argument is that it basically gives you "something" to turn around (your SPINE) rather than nothing and also that it makes it easier to tilt in the downswing.