you would move your leg in circles
ball and socket
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The hip is also.
Hip and shoulder are both Ball and Socket Joints
Ball-and-socket joints can be found in the shoulders and hips.
The knees have hinge joints that allow movement in a back-and-forth direction, while the shoulders have ball-and-socket joints that allow for a wide range of motion in multiple directions.
Two kinds of moveable joints are hinge joints and ball-and-socket joints. Hinge joints, like those in the elbows and knees, allow movement in one direction, similar to a door opening and closing. Ball-and-socket joints, such as the shoulder and hip joints, enable a greater range of motion, allowing movement in multiple directions.
ball & socket joint , gliding joint , hinge joint
the ball and socket joints can be found in the shoulders and in the eyes.
Ball-and-socket joints allow a wider range of motion than hinge joints.
The hip joint and the shoulder joint are the two joints in the body that are considered ball-in-socket joints. These joints allow for a wide range of motion in multiple directions due to the spherical shape of the ball-like bone fitting into the socket-like bone.
The hip joints
They are "ball and socket" joints.