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Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Fri Jan 16 12:25:05 2004

Hi Jack,

Nice to debate on this site again. I read some posts near the end of December 2003 where you stated that the heel drop--and not the turning of the front foot--was primarily responsible for initiating hip rotation. If this is true, why does a person have to begin with their front foot closed, and pivot it? Would it not make more anatomical sense to just open it 90 degrees, and drop it straight down (we are assuming that a person has also tucked the front shoulder under his or her chin) to initiate hip rotation?

Please answer ASAP.

Sincerely,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com

Followups:

Re: Pivoting Front Foot Unnecessary
Jack Mankin [ Fri Jan 16 15:45:10 2004 ]
- Re: Re: Pivoting Front Foot Unnecessary
  grc [ Sat Jan 17 06:07:03 2004 ]
  - Re: Re: Re: Pivoting Front Foot Unnecessary april adams [ Wed Apr 27 06:17:35 2005 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Pivoting Front Foot Unnecessary coachmark [ Thu Apr 28 09:06:18 2005 ]
- Jack, Have You Any Further Suggestions
  BHL [ Sat Jan 17 06:01:17 2004 ]
  - Re: Jack, Have You Any Further Suggestions toti [ Sat Jan 17 10:23:10 2004 ]
    Re: Re: Jack, Have You Any Further Suggestions BHL [ Sun Jan 18 08:02:20 2004 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Jack, Have You Any Further Suggestions toti [ Mon Jan 19 00:37:59 2004 ]
Re: Pivoting Front Foot Unnecessary Donny Buster [ Fri Jan 16 14:20:03 2004 ]

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