[12 piece bucket]

Well, after enough contests, learned to wait until the end of the season to gloat. Have some conflicting memories of '91 when we lost to those baby blues by 30 in the ACC Championship, only to pull off one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history over the Running Fugitives of UNLV.

Back to the point, you can even draw more parallels when you consider divying up a walking machine in to zones 1(trunk & hips), 2 (leg & knees), 3 (feet & ankle). Zone 1 powers & positions the legs and feet. Zone 2 is the lever assembly. Zone 3 is predominantly sensing(or propioception) to make sure the walking is correct.

Since I know you have young kids, you probably remember how your lil Parfait hesitantly took his first steps. My boys all started by mostly by focusing on their feet. Not recognizing that the trunk could do the work, it was a bit herky-jerky. But once the feet are "educated". They let it swing & it is much smoother.

The Devilish One,

Very nice analysis concerning the Zones. Hadn't thought of that but very nice.

I used to have a tee shirt of Larry Johnson with the gapped-gold toofus smile of his stepping on Greg Kobeck (sp?). Wore it so much it just fell apart.

Educated feet. Like it. I'll further disseminate my theory . . . as I make it up.