[12 piece bucket]

Aha, funny that is mentioned I had worked on "centering" my pivot a bit and then took a lessons from Golftec who proceeded to work with me on shifting my weight back more(on the backswing).

Thank you for all the useful information thus far, not to single anyone out but i really enjoyed 12 piece's look at the front of the backswing image.

Not that motions need to be classified, but if I were looking to pursue a specific pattern, does my arm motion seem to fit into more of a swinger's or hitters pattern?

Don't mess with that arm swing . . . it's nice . . . but to classify is kind of hard. The elbow positions are in relation to the hips in their classification. However the elbow positions are truly based on the loading. With you it's kinda tough to say. Your elbow is "punchy" but your hips don't really work right because due the faulty head movement.

And again the pivot motion that results is going to impact your release motion as well. So I'm not sure I'd get to concerned about what procedure you employ at this point. You just need to clean up that pivot. You clearly have the talent to hit or swing . . . but that pivot is going to hold you back. You are too good to have a pivot that is that whacky.

Your arms move nice in relation to your body. Your wedges line up nice. You just need to begin with fixing the backstroke pivot. That should help you clean up the knee action. If the cats at GTec or whatever they call themselves are telling you to move off the ball more . . . you need to shoot them the finger AND RUN AWAY FAST!!! Unless you want to hit the ball low and don't give a crap where it goes . . . You got plenty of talent . . . GO FIX THAT PIVOT and send us some better pictures.