[Daryl]

Daryl,

I wonder if a little right hip bump at startup is what Mr. Kelley meant by "leading the backstroke with hip action?" I was surprised by this train of thought, but Yoda convinced me 100%

Perhaps it was because we were in teaching mode and my problem was my right hip being locked up on the backstroke making it very difficult to keep the shaft on plane?

Kevin

I think he was saying that Hip Action moves the Shoulders, which will move the Arms and Hands. So, starting with the Hips and ending with the Hands, is an actual pivot controlled hands. I don't think a Hip Bump is Hip Action. I understand more clearly now. I'm sure you can have a lot more motion than what you're doing and the Hands are still controlling the work of the pivot before it gets the other way around. You aren't allowing the Pivot to take control of the Hands (pull them off track).