diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/BowlingCameraActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/BowlingCameraActivity.kt
index 0cc7e17..61b7580 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/BowlingCameraActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/BowlingCameraActivity.kt
@@ -278,12 +278,23 @@ class BowlingCameraActivity : AppCompatActivity(), CameraXController.Callback {
         binding.textPoseFeedback.visibility = View.VISIBLE
         // Every other BowlingPhase falls back to the "waiting" message too --
         // see PosePhaseDetector's class doc, only STARTING_STANCE is detected today.
-        if (phase == BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE) {
-            binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_starting_stance)
-            binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.pose_feedback_ready))
-        } else {
-            binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_waiting)
-            binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.pose_feedback_waiting))
+        when (phase) {
+            BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE -> {
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_starting_stance)
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.Starting_stance_ready))
+            }
+            BowlingPhase.APPROACH -> {
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_approach)
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.Approach_ready))
+            }
+            BowlingPhase.PUSHAWAY -> {
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_pushaway)
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.Pushaway_ready))
+            }
+            else -> {
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.text = getString(R.string.pose_phase_waiting)
+                binding.textPoseFeedback.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.Starting_stance_waiting))
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/PosePhaseDetector.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/PosePhaseDetector.kt
index 0167067..b3ab0be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/PosePhaseDetector.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/jnicpp/bowling/PosePhaseDetector.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ class PosePhaseDetector(
     private val requiredConsecutiveFrames: Int = 8,
     private val requiredInvalidFramesToExit: Int = 5
 ) {
-    // Decaying progress toward requiredConsecutiveFrames -- see update()'s
+    // Shared parameters for all phases (consecutive frames, etc) could be
+    // split out, but for now they're reused from the constructor.
+
+    // Decaying progress toward confirming a phase -- see update()'s
     // doc for why this decays by one on an invalid frame rather than
     // resetting to 0 outright.
     private var validFrameProgress = 0
@@ -143,13 +146,31 @@ class PosePhaseDetector(
             leftElbowAngleDegrees = angles.leftElbow,
             rightElbowAngleDegrees = angles.rightElbow
         )
-        val isValid = isStartingStanceValid(metrics)
-        if (isValid) {
-            // Capped at the threshold rather than left to grow unbounded, so
-            // a long-held stance doesn't need an equally long invalid streak
-            // to ever start climbing back down once it's fully confirmed.
+
+        // Identify the next phase we are looking for in the sequence.
+        val targetPhase = when (currentPhase) {
+            null -> BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE
+            BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE -> BowlingPhase.APPROACH
+            BowlingPhase.APPROACH -> BowlingPhase.PUSHAWAY
+            // Placeholder for remaining sequence
+            else -> currentPhase
+        }
+
+        // 1. Check if the user is in the NEXT phase.
+        val isTargetValid = when (targetPhase) {
+            BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE -> isStartingStanceValid(metrics)
+            BowlingPhase.APPROACH -> isApproachValid(metrics)
+            BowlingPhase.PUSHAWAY -> isPushawayValid(metrics)
+            else -> false
+        }
+
+        if (isTargetValid) {
             validFrameProgress = (validFrameProgress + 1).coerceAtMost(requiredConsecutiveFrames)
-            consecutiveInvalidFrames = 0
+            if (validFrameProgress >= requiredConsecutiveFrames) {
+                currentPhase = targetPhase
+                validFrameProgress = 0
+                consecutiveInvalidFrames = 0
+            }
         } else {
             // A step back, not a hard reset to 0 -- torso/knee/elbow angles
             // all have to validate *simultaneously* every frame, and with
@@ -160,16 +181,30 @@ class PosePhaseDetector(
             // by one instead still requires a mostly-valid run to confirm,
             // just without one blip erasing everything before it.
             validFrameProgress = (validFrameProgress - 1).coerceAtLeast(0)
+        }
+
+        // 2. Check if the user has broken their CURRENT confirmed phase.
+        // If they are neither in the target phase nor the current phase, count an invalid frame.
+        val isCurrentStillValid = when (currentPhase) {
+            BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE -> isStartingStanceValid(metrics)
+            BowlingPhase.APPROACH -> isApproachValid(metrics)
+            BowlingPhase.PUSHAWAY -> isPushawayValid(metrics)
+            else -> true // If null, we only care about progress toward STARTING_STANCE
+        }
+
+        if (isCurrentStillValid || isTargetValid) {
+            consecutiveInvalidFrames = 0
+        } else {
             consecutiveInvalidFrames++
         }
 
-        currentPhase = when {
-            validFrameProgress >= requiredConsecutiveFrames -> BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE
-            // Already confirmed -- a short invalid streak alone (jitter,
-            // not necessarily a real change of posture) doesn't clear it.
-            currentPhase == BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE && consecutiveInvalidFrames < requiredInvalidFramesToExit -> BowlingPhase.STARTING_STANCE
-            else -> null
+        // 3. Handle resets: If we lose the current posture for too long, reset to null.
+        if (consecutiveInvalidFrames >= requiredInvalidFramesToExit) {
+            currentPhase = null
+            validFrameProgress = 0
+            consecutiveInvalidFrames = 0
         }
+
         return Result(currentPhase, metrics)
     }
 
@@ -205,6 +240,56 @@ class PosePhaseDetector(
         return true
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Checks whether this single frame's [Metrics] match the approach phase.
+     *
+     * Approach is characterized by:
+     * - Torso Tilt: 5-20 degrees
+     * - Knee Angle: 145-180 degrees
+     * - Elbow Angle: 60-130 degrees
+     *
+     * @param metrics This frame's raw angle readings.
+     * @return true if torso tilt, knee angles, and elbow angles fall within range.
+     */
+    private fun isApproachValid(metrics: Metrics): Boolean {
+        val torsoTilt = metrics.torsoTiltDegrees ?: return false
+        if (torsoTilt !in 5f..20f) return false
+
+        val kneeAngles = listOfNotNull(metrics.leftKneeAngleDegrees, metrics.rightKneeAngleDegrees)
+        if (kneeAngles.isEmpty() || kneeAngles.any { it !in 145f..180f }) return false
+
+        val elbowAngles = listOfNotNull(metrics.leftElbowAngleDegrees, metrics.rightElbowAngleDegrees)
+        if (elbowAngles.isEmpty() || elbowAngles.any { it !in 60f..130f }) return false
+
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Checks whether this single frame's [Metrics] match the pushaway phase.
+     *
+     * Pushaway is characterized by:
+     * - Torso Tilt: 5-25 degrees (more lean than stance)
+     * - Knee Angle: 145-180 degrees (legs still mostly straight)
+     * - Elbow Angle: 130-180 degrees (bowling arm extending forward)
+     *
+     * @param metrics This frame's raw angle readings.
+     * @return true if torso tilt, knee angles, and at least one elbow angle fall within range.
+     */
+    private fun isPushawayValid(metrics: Metrics): Boolean {
+        val torsoTilt = metrics.torsoTiltDegrees ?: return false
+        if (torsoTilt !in 5f..25f) return false
+
+        val kneeAngles = listOfNotNull(metrics.leftKneeAngleDegrees, metrics.rightKneeAngleDegrees)
+        if (kneeAngles.isEmpty() || kneeAngles.any { it !in 145f..180f }) return false
+
+        // For Pushaway, the bowling arm extends. We look for *at least one*
+        // elbow to be extended (130-180), since we don't know the bowler's handedness.
+        val elbowAngles = listOfNotNull(metrics.leftElbowAngleDegrees, metrics.rightElbowAngleDegrees)
+        if (elbowAngles.isEmpty() || elbowAngles.none { it in 130f..180f }) return false
+
+        return true
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Forward/backward torso lean from vertical, from the
      *        shoulder-midpoint-to-hip-midpoint vector.
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
index 1da7f1c..c8112d2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     <color name="skeleton_joint">#FF00E5FF</color>
     <color name="skeleton_bone">#FF76FF03</color>
     <color name="overlay_scrim">#99000000</color>
-    <color name="pose_feedback_ready">#CC00C853</color> //green
-    <color name="pose_feedback_waiting">#CCFFA000</color> //orange
+    <color name="Starting_stance_waiting">#CC00C853</color> //green
+    <color name="Starting_stance_ready">#CCFFA000</color> //orange
+    <color name="Approach_ready">#CC2196F3</color> //blue
+    <color name="Pushaway_ready">#FFFFD600</color> //yellow/gold
 </resources>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 9c2adea..74e576d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     <string name="error_recording_failed">Recording failed: %1$s</string>
     <string name="error_pose_detector">Pose detector error: %1$s</string>
     <string name="pose_phase_starting_stance">Starting pose</string>
-    <string name="pose_phase_waiting">Get into starting pose</string>
+    <string name="pose_phase_approach">Approach</string>
+    <string name="pose_phase_pushaway">Pushaway</string>
+    <string name="pose_phase_waiting">Get into pose</string>
     <string name="pose_metrics_format">Torso %1$s · Knee L%2$s R%3$s · Elbow L%4$s R%5$s</string>
 </resources>
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