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your hip (coxal) joint.

a ball and socket joint is one where all types of movement are possble (eg. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction )

you can do this at your hip.

another ball and socet joint is your shoulder

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you use your shoulder when throw a cricket ball and your hip when you kick a ball

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also can be tennis bc when u surve the ball u rotate your shoulder

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The hip joint and the shoulder joint are ball-and-socket joints.

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this joint allows the joint bones to move in any direction they want or any movement e.g. round

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shoulders,arms,hips, and thighs/femur

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