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Who said that the "Hip Turn" is a "Rotation"? Rotate around what? Although "Turn" is used in the little book, the term "Rotation" is not.

Clearing the Hips boils down to the Right Elbow and Right Hip, although coordinated, moving independently. The Right Hip should not interfere with the Right Elbow in either direction.

The "Forward Press", with a Stationary Head, is a Parallel Slide of the Hips and Hands a couple of inches to the Left. This Slide Tilts the Secondary Axis. This is an important alignment because as the Hands move to the Right during Start-Up, the Right Hip will be pushed Backwards behind the player so as not to interfere with the Hands and Elbow Path.

From the Top, verify that the Right Hip is behind its start-up location. The Horizontal Red Line in the Illustration below, is the line that the Hips are on at Address.



The illustration below shows the Hip Turn drawn on the Ground. Note the number of straight lines. Note that during the Backstroke, both Hips move in straight Lines, and, while arriving at the Top of the Swing, are Turned to the Plane Line. They are not Rotated although each hip Bone is rotated in each socket.



Too bad he's an Elbow Plane Swinger. Look at that 10-7-E Reverse Shift. Anyway, not a bad Hip Turn but could be better. Wow, that flexibility is awesome.

If one can achieve a 180 degree shoulder turn with less hip turn and no loss of power wouldn't that be an advantage? Less moving parts?