Hands control the geometry (Alignments). Alignments dictate what the force (Physics) should and should not do. Give geometry the preference over physics and the Hands control the Pivot.
Yes, the Three Zones (Chapter 9)should be developed in sequence, with Zone One being Body Control.
Omigosh, a Lynn Blake Certified Senior Instructor and proponent of Hands-Controlled-Pivot teaching that Zone 1 (Body and Pivot Control) is not only essential, but mandatory and even primary?
How can this be?
The sounds you just heard was the multitude of bubbles bursting for all those misled souls who have been told -- and actually believed -- that we teach otherwise.
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