Stationary Head - To be or not to be

[lagster]

The pictures with Slide Hip Turn(10-14-B)... LOOK like what many would call a Reverse, but it must be useful, if done corrrectly. I think C. Montgomery probably uses this, and very well.

Now... 10-14-D is actually called a Reverse Hip Turn. Do any of you employ this in short shots?

[Yoda]

The pictures with Slide Hip Turn(10-14-B)... LOOK like what many would call a Reverse, but it must be useful, if done corrrectly. I think C. Montgomery probably uses this, and very well.

Lagster,

The photos referenced illustrate the Slide Hip Turn (10-14-B) of the first five editions -- that is, Slide with no appreciable Turn.

Photos 10-14-B #1 and #2 do an admirable job of illustrating this Component as described.

Then, with the publication of the 6th edition, Homer Kelley dropped a bombshell:

The definition of 10-14-B changed to Slide with a Delayed Turn.

Unfortunately...

There was no change in the illustrations.

And now, in the post-humous 7th edition, the Slide Hip Turn (10-14-B) has replaced the Standard Hip Turn (10-14-A) as the Hip Turn Variation in the Drive and Drag Loading Basic Patterns. Which is okay -- it emphasizes 'Parallel Pivot' Motion (3rd Edition) -- except that...

The 'Slide with a Delayed Turn' remains illustrated as a 'Slide with no appreciable Turn.'

Botttom Line:

Homer Kelley never intended the 10-14-B photos to represent the Hip Turn Component for the Uncompensated Stroke Patterns of 12-1-0 and 12-2-0. The Pivot is the Rotor of the Stroke. It generates the necessary circular motion and should be so illustrated.