Continuous whip

Do a regular whip, then on 3& you should be in a [starter] position with your left foot free to step across on 4. On 4 step across with your foot pointing at 9 o’clock, not 12 o’clock, so on 5 you can use your right foot to propel yourself on a 0.5 clockwise turn so your body, face, and feet face 3 o’clock. It is very important to perform steps 4 and 5 as a single, fluid motion. Then keep stepping across, as if repeating steps 4 and 5, alternating between facing 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock. Make sure that you are not making an orbiting motion. You should be stepping across the slot, and the follower should be moving up and down the slot, kind of like the + sign, as opposed to orbiting around the slot, like a circle O. As you are stepping across the slot, make sure there is tension on the 4 such that the tension directs the follower to move across the slot, not around the slot. Also, on 4 both will be very closed together whereas on 5 there should be a little bit of a stretch as the tension builds up before the next 4 and 5. To finish the pattern, stop creating tension on step 5 while the follower is in closed position, and slowly release the follower’s left shoulder blade into [open] position as you step across the slot on 6 so your body and feet can point either 12 o’clock or 6 o’clock depending on how many turns you did. Then 7&8 are a regular anchor step. You should end in an [open] position.

Note that the repetition ends on the odd beat 5 because the settling happens on the even beat 6.

One of the main uses of the continuous whip is to add 2-beat increments so that you are more easily able to predict or approach the 8th beat in the song.