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archivist · Jul 13, 2026, 7:08 PM · Add cited teaching points from pro instructional videos (Ramirez, Royston, McKeever, WCS Online)

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Tags: whip family, spins & turns, 8-count → whip family, 8-count, spins & turns

A whip in which the follower takes an inside (counter-clockwise) turn on counts **5–6** as they travel back down the slot.
 
The turn is prepped by the leader's raised hand around the post; the follower's travel and the whip timing don't change. Often the first whip variation taught because it isolates one new skill — turning while maintaining whip geometry — without changing the pattern's skeleton.
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+## Common notes
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+- The name is literal: Robert Royston defines an *inside* turn as the lead hand passing inside — between the two partners — where an outside turn sends the lead hand away from the body.[^1]
+- The prep starts early: the lead hand begins rising on "3-and" into count 4, so the follower knows she's going underneath before the turn arrives on 5.[^2]
+- Create room at the redirection — crossing the hand in front crowds the partnership if the partners are too close on the "3-and."[^3]
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+[^1]: Robert Royston, ["How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMpTWmn7jQM&t=43s) (Howcast) at 0:43.
+[^2]: Robert Royston, ["How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMpTWmn7jQM&t=36s) (Howcast) at 0:36.
+[^3]: Robert Royston, ["How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMpTWmn7jQM&t=68s) (Howcast) at 1:08.
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Whip with Inside Turn

intermediate

also known as: Inside Turn Whip · Inside Whip

A whip in which the follower takes an inside (counter-clockwise) turn on counts 5–6 as they travel back down the slot.

The turn is prepped by the leader's raised hand around the post; the follower's travel and the whip timing don't change. Often the first whip variation taught because it isolates one new skill — turning while maintaining whip geometry — without changing the pattern's skeleton.

Common notes

  • The name is literal: Robert Royston defines an inside turn as the lead hand passing inside — between the two partners — where an outside turn sends the lead hand away from the body.1
  • The prep starts early: the lead hand begins rising on "3-and" into count 4, so the follower knows she's going underneath before the turn arrives on 5.2
  • Create room at the redirection — crossing the hand in front crowds the partnership if the partners are too close on the "3-and."3

Footnotes

  1. Robert Royston, "How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance" (Howcast) at 0:43. ↩

  2. Robert Royston, "How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance" (Howcast) at 0:36. ↩

  3. Robert Royston, "How to Do a Whip with an Inside Turn | Swing Dance" (Howcast) at 1:08. ↩