. . . the same move that I make when I perform a stone skipping action starting with my right hand held at right shoulder level. When I start the action, my mind is definitely focused on my right hand/stone and the first conscious move is an adduction of the right arm towards the torso with the intention of bringing my right elbow down to its pitch position. Near simultaneously, I feel my lower torso move to the left as I replant weight onto my left foot. That lower torso move is not a conscious move, but an unconscious reactive move, and it occurs fractionally later than my right upper limb move.
Wow, Jeff, we sure do skip rocks differently. I skipped about a million of'em into the Rhine River as a kid, and I always stepped left before I made the skip. Never once did my right arm start forward before my left foot hit the ground. For sure, I felt the pull ("adduction" in your lingo) of my right arm, but that was because my stepping left leg was doing the pulling!
The same thing happens when you step forward before you throw a ball. Look at any ball player's throwing motion: At no time will you see the arm start forward before they step. In fact, I would argue that it is still going back.
Heck, who cares about throwing, just walk around a bit, let your arms swing freely and tell me: when you're right arm has swung back, does it start forward before your right leg steps? Of course not. Again, I would argue that it is still going back.
The same thing happens in a golf swing. I cannot believe that any intelligent person would think -- much less teach -- that the motion originates any other way.
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