Dan in duel and Dueling positions

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>Harry hates Snape, and he has had no duelling training whatsoever, 
so in the pinch he was in, copying Lockhart's style is his only 
option (not knowing what else to do, and not wanting to copy Snape). <



Considering Lockhart never managed to successfully demonstrate a 
single spell in the dueling scene (whether book version or movie 
version), Harry had nothing to copy (I loved Harry's retort in the 
book when Lockhart told him to do as he did: "What, drop my wand?"). 
He was just pretty well left to fend on his own.  

As for your theory that Harry, due to the animosity factor, might not 
want to copy Snape, I tend to disagree.  Harry used the very 
same "Expelliarmus" spell against Lockhart that Snape demonstrated 
against Lockhart in the dueling club.  Harry even comments to 
Lockhart "'Shouldn't have let Snape teach us that one." (p298, US 
hardcover).

One doesn't have to like someone to learn from him.

BM