| Are you ready to bring out those dancing shoes? Not | | | | is done in quick-quick-slow sequences, often counted |
| so fast. Before hitting the dance floor it is important | | | | as one-and-two or three-and-four. |
| to learn basic ballroom dancing moves and familiarize | | | | Often a follower's step in West Coast Swing, |
| yourself with commonly used dance terms. | | | | Coaster Step is a back-together-forward or |
| Rock Step is a slow sequence of two steps where | | | | forward-together-back triple step danced to the |
| the weight is transferred from one foot to another | | | | timing of quick-quick-slow. |
| and then back. Rock back and rock forward are two | | | | Anchor Step is the concluding triple step pattern of |
| basic versions. | | | | nearly all main West Coast Swing dance moves. An |
| Ball Change is also a sequence of two steps involving | | | | anchor step ends with partners settling their weights |
| a partial weight transfer from the ball of one foot to | | | | on the back foot, hands held L-to-R, awaiting the |
| another. | | | | leader's next move. |
| Kick Ball Change is a popular swing dance step that | | | | Lock Step involves locking the moving foot as it |
| consists of a kick followed by the ball change. The | | | | approaches the standing foot. In this triple step |
| timing is usually a split beat count of 1&2 or 1a2. | | | | pattern, the lower part of the moving leg crosses in |
| Kick ball change has three distinct moves: a kick with | | | | front of or behind the lower part of the standing leg |
| the left foot, a slight push off the floor by the ball of | | | | in the direction of the approach. Lock step is often |
| the left foot behind the right foot, and a step with | | | | used in quickstep and cha-cha moves. |
| the right foot. | | | | One of the more popular basic ballroom dancing |
| Triple step is also popular in swing dances. Three | | | | moves, grapevine includes side steps and steps |
| steps are performed on two beats of music, with | | | | across the support foot. It is a continuous traveling |
| the first step taken on count 1, the second step on | | | | step pattern to the side with alternating crosses |
| the half beat between counts 1&2, and the final | | | | behind and in front of the supporting foot. |
| step on count 2. Also called a shuffle step, triple step | | | | |