I don't see how this is possible. If the rear foot is directly under the stick and the hip does not lean away at all (i.e., it's directly over the foot), then the hip is where the stick needs to be.
This is why I say that both snooker players and pool players must make some accommodation to get the hip out of the way of the stick - either a swivel (pool stance) or a lean (snooker stance).
pj
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PJ:
I don't know about you, but I don't have the hips of a female. (J/K -- <elbow nudge>, <elbow nudge>
).
Seriously though, placing the foot on the shot line (or perhaps slightly inside of it) doesn't bring the hip to interfere with the grip hand. When I step into (onto?) the shot line and bend over to settle into my stance (snooker, obviously), I'm placing the majority of my body weight on that leg, and my hip
never comes into play as far as interfering with my grip hand. (And no, my elbow is not jutting out to compensate, either.)
To be honest, I do step slightly inside of the shot line, so that the outermost edge of my foot (the part that would strike my opponent if I were to issue a Tae Kwon Do side kick to him) is actually on the line, not the center of the foot. But this has more to do with making sure I have the correct placement for a
light chest contact (one of the points in the 4-point contact), than it does to avoid hip interference with the grip hand. Honest!
Methinks the extra clearance you're referring to is not afforded by the hip "leaning away" from the grip hand, but rather that if one straightens the leg and places the majority of the weight on it, the hip tends to "seat" and straighten out. There's no longer any "bump" there that the grip hand can crash into. That's probably what's causing the confusion.
What think ye?
-Sean
P.S.: there's a Steve Davis snooker fundamentals video series out there, one installment of which shows how the hip lines up during a snooker stance -- with the primary foot planted
on the shot line. I don't have access to that URL at the moment, but I can dig it up later if you like and post it here?