[KevCarter]

Would someone please explain the point to pivot around. the back of the neck or the sternum? The tail bone or the belt buckle? Will lots of MacDonald drill-#2, #4 - create good or bad habits?

The Bear

You get to pick. What works for you?

2-H SHOULDER MOTIONS
The point may be made that it is impossible to inscribe perfect circles while the center is in motion – that is the turning Shoulder. The straight line requirements of the Compression Point are satisfied as long as both the Vertical and Horizontal Centers move precisely in unison. Direction control remains stable because both Centers are also moving in a circle – that is, the circumference of the Shoulder Turn.

The spine, between the shoulders, is the center of the Shoulder Turn only, not of the Left Arm, except by specific extension of the Swing Radius. Because, Swinging from the Wrists, the Left Shoulder, the Right Elbow, the Waist or the Feet, show it to have just to many exceptions. Though the “Head” Pivot Center is recommended, it is not at all mandatory.