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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

The mirror of the whip with inside turn: the follower takes an outside (clockwise) turn on counts **5–6** while returning down the slot.
 
Commonly used to set up spins, hand changes, or free-spin exits. The classic error is starting the turn on 4 instead of after the post — the redirection has to finish before the rotation begins.
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+## Common notes
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+- The lead arm stays **long and open** through the redirection for a single turn; Robert Royston warns that bringing the arm in and tightening it up usually turns the single into a double turn (fine, but know which one you led).[^1]
+- In the double-turn version each step is a half rotation, and either version finishes with an underarm turn to fix the handhold.[^2]
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+[^1]: Robert Royston, ["How to Do Whip w/ a Single Outside Turn | Swing Dance"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGs-q6lc-Cc&t=54s) (Howcast) at 0:54.
+[^2]: Robert Royston, ["How to Do Whip w/ a Single Outside Turn | Swing Dance"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGs-q6lc-Cc&t=81s) (Howcast) at 1:21.
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Whip with Outside Turn

intermediate

also known as: Outside Turn Whip

The mirror of the whip with inside turn: the follower takes an outside (clockwise) turn on counts 5–6 while returning down the slot.

Commonly used to set up spins, hand changes, or free-spin exits. The classic error is starting the turn on 4 instead of after the post — the redirection has to finish before the rotation begins.

Common notes

  • The lead arm stays long and open through the redirection for a single turn; Robert Royston warns that bringing the arm in and tightening it up usually turns the single into a double turn (fine, but know which one you led).1
  • In the double-turn version each step is a half rotation, and either version finishes with an underarm turn to fix the handhold.2

Footnotes

  1. Robert Royston, "How to Do Whip w/ a Single Outside Turn | Swing Dance" (Howcast) at 0:54. ↩

  2. Robert Royston, "How to Do Whip w/ a Single Outside Turn | Swing Dance" (Howcast) at 1:21. ↩