[Jeff]

12PB

You wrote-: "And what's the problem with "the natural movement of the upper torso becoming restricted and that is why the mid-upper thoracic spine becomes verticalized (when it would normally continue to spiral rightwards in a natural spiral arc)." Sounds like the way it should work to me."

I agree. I stated the same thing in the previous post. It is a good idea to keep the head stationary.

That is my photo of Snead. It is interesting because Snead turned his pelvis more then 45 degrees (? 70 degrees). That causes the lower lumbar vertebra to move so far leftwards that the front of the lumbar spine will almost be facing away from the target. With the addition of an erect posture, one could then rotate the upper torso around a near-vertical spine. Then, one would not end up with a reverse K posture - like Hogan. In fact, Snead has a small degree of reverse pivoting. The reason is that he has a near-vertical spine, and then the addition of a >100 degree shoulder turn torques his upper thoracic spine even more left-of-vertical.

Jeff.