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bendichter · Oct 9, 2026, 4:21 PM · Shortened the description.

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Tags: connection & technique, musicality, 6-count → 6-count, connection & technique, musicality

−A [[Left Side Pass|left side pass]] cut off early into a shared stretch: instead of letting the follower travel through, the leader catches the second hand and both partners settle into opposition — hips stretching away from each other — before releasing into an exit.[^1]
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−## The connection
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−Brian B builds it on a slightly **outward, rotational** connection (the childhood doorway-press feeling): flare the elbows without pushing the hands out, "read the paper" open on count 2, roll together on 3, and *set* on 4 by taking the rotation back out of the arms — that's what lets both partners land the stretch instead of bouncing off it.[^2] Filipe de Barros cues the same shape from the follower's side: forward on 1 and 2, land on 3, stretching away while the leader stretches the other way.[^3]
+A [[Left Side Pass|left side pass]] cut off early into a shared stretch. The leader catches the follower's second hand and both partners settle with their hips stretching away from each other before releasing into an exit.[^1]
 
−## Common notes
+Brian B builds it on a slightly outward, rotational connection: flare the elbows without pushing the hands out, open on count 2, roll together on 3, and set on 4 by taking the rotation back out of the arms.[^2] Filipe de Barros cues it from the follower's side: forward on 1 and 2, land on 3, stretching away while the leader stretches the other way.[^3]
 
−- The pocket is playtime: hip bumps are the classic filler (led from the centers, not the arms), and grooving in place works just as well.[^4]
−- Standard exits are a [[Sugar Tuck|tuck]] or an inside turn, but vary them — and try accelerating the entry ("one, two-and-three") to land the stretch on a hit in the music.[^5]
−- Brian B tests the partnership with a [[Open Whip|hustle whip]] first — it proves the pair can share the middle of the slot before the slingshot asks them to.[^6]
+Hip bumps led from the centers are the usual filler during the stretch, and grooving in place also works.[^4] Standard exits are a [[Sugar Tuck|tuck]] or an inside turn. The entry can be accelerated ("one, two-and-three") to land the stretch on a hit in the music.[^5]
 
[^1]: Filipe de Barros, ["Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeH6r-tGX18&t=25s) at 0:25–1:06.
[^2]: Brian B & Megan, West Coast Swing Online, ["3 "WCS Slingshot" Variations for West Coast Swing"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2z7VlTKGs&t=52s) at 0:52–3:11.
[^3]: Filipe de Barros, ["Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeH6r-tGX18&t=112s) at 1:52.
[^4]: Filipe de Barros, ["Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeH6r-tGX18&t=147s) at 2:27.
[^5]: Filipe de Barros, ["Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeH6r-tGX18&t=176s) at 2:56–5:01.
−[^6]: Brian B & Megan, West Coast Swing Online, ["3 "WCS Slingshot" Variations for West Coast Swing"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2z7VlTKGs&t=221s) at 3:41.
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Slingshot

intermediate

also known as: Slingshot Pass

A left side pass cut off early into a shared stretch. The leader catches the follower's second hand and both partners settle with their hips stretching away from each other before releasing into an exit.1

Brian B builds it on a slightly outward, rotational connection: flare the elbows without pushing the hands out, open on count 2, roll together on 3, and set on 4 by taking the rotation back out of the arms.2 Filipe de Barros cues it from the follower's side: forward on 1 and 2, land on 3, stretching away while the leader stretches the other way.3

Hip bumps led from the centers are the usual filler during the stretch, and grooving in place also works.4 Standard exits are a tuck or an inside turn. The entry can be accelerated ("one, two-and-three") to land the stretch on a hit in the music.5

Footnotes

  1. Filipe de Barros, "Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers" at 0:25–1:06. ↩

  2. Brian B & Megan, West Coast Swing Online, "3 "WCS Slingshot" Variations for West Coast Swing" at 0:52–3:11. ↩

  3. Filipe de Barros, "Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers" at 1:52. ↩

  4. Filipe de Barros, "Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers" at 2:27. ↩

  5. Filipe de Barros, "Slingshot TIPS & TRICKS | For West Coast Swing Leaders & Followers" at 2:56–5:01. ↩