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→ West Coast Swing → Positions

The leader and the follower are away from each other.

• Opposite of closed.

💃🏻🕺🏽 Leads to:

• whip
• whip ride
• whip with two outside turns into over-rotated open
• same-side whip
• same-side whip clockwise chain turn with leader turn into follow-me position righty right-up
• right-side pass reverse whip
• pass-through whip
• righty reverse whip
• righty whip neck wrap outside wrist clip down-out over down
• decapitation whip
• continuous basket whip into starter
• continuous whip
• continuous whip into starter
• contemporary hustle whip
• car-wash whip
• behind-the-back whip
• behind the back whip into shadow right shoulder catch
• basket whip
• basket whip with arm escape
• basket whip with an spinning anchor
• basket whip with an outside turn
• apache whip
• sugar tuck pirouette
• sugar tuck chase
• sugar push
• sugar push right shoulder slide
• sugar push outside pivot turn
• sugar push lead outside pivot turn to righty
• sugar push lead inside pivot turn to righty
• sugar push inside pivot turn
• sugar push inside pivot turn into closed
• sugar push clockwise duck to righty
• single-arm turn-in
• no-triple sugar tuck
• mirrored inside pivot turn
• righty sugar push shoulder catch into lefty
• chuck turn into righty-down-out
• short right-side inside turn
• righty right-side outside chain turn
• right-side inside turn
• right-side inside turn lead inside turn into open
• right-side pass typewriter anchor
• right-side pass into closed
• right-side outside leader turn into left shoulder-lock
• right-side outside chain turn
• right-side inside turn lead inside turn into righty
• right-side inside turn into starter
• right-side inside pass into parallel
• right-side inside chain turn
• right right-side inside turn
• right left-side pass inside chain turn
• right-side pass redirect
• right-side pass redirect to starter
• lock the knee
• left diagonal tap right diagonal tap
• left collect-tap-return right collect-tap-return
• righty left prep close left windup ccw turn walk around
• j-hook close half whip right windup free spin
• half whip
• x-shaped left-side pass
• shadow position into sweetheart into lefty handhold
• roll in roll out
• right left-side inside chain turn into closed
• left-side pass
• left-side outside pass
• left-side inside chain turn
• left-side inside chain turn into closed
• free spin
• free spin pivot leader turn
• fold
• piston-prepped dip
• left-side inside chain turn to dip into starter

💃🏻🕺🏽 Reached via:

• whip
• whip ride
• whip with two outside turns into over-rotated open
• same-side whip
• right-side pass reverse whip
• pass-through whip
• left shoulder-lock reverse whip
• hustle whip
• hustle whip inside pass turn into open left
• righty reverse whip
• decapitation whip
• continuous whip
• car-wash whip
• basket whip
• basket whip with an spinning anchor
• basket whip with an outside turn
• sugar tuck pirouette
• sugar push
• sugar push inside pivot turn
• no-triple sugar tuck
• mirrored inside pivot turn
• right-side inside turn
• right-side inside turn lead inside turn into open
• right-side outside chain turn
• right-side inside chain turn
• right right-side inside turn
• right left-side pass inside chain turn
• right-side pass redirect
• closed right-side pass redirect
• lock the knee
• left diagonal tap right diagonal tap
• righty left prep close left windup ccw turn walk around
• j-hook close half whip right windup free spin
• x-shaped left-side pass
• trusty left-side pass
• shadow position into sweetheart into lefty handhold
• roll in roll out
• righty-down-out left-side pass inside chain turn right picture hold walk around into open
• lefty fold RAG free spin
• left-side pass
• left-side outside pass
• left-side starter inside chain turn into open
• left-side starter back-lead free spin
• left-side inside chain turn
• free spin
• free spin pivot leader turn
• fold
• closed fold
• piston-prepped dip