HOW TO DANCE WEST COAST SWING! The secret no one is telling you 

We want to learn this so much. Thanks for breaking it down. As an older couple we weren't sure we could learn it. You gave us hope. 😊

"... no basic steps..." THAT'S what I've been waiting to hear! When I watch WCS I can never see any pattern to the steps. Then I think, well, what is it? How will I ever learn if there are no steps? What I often see is that it looks a lot like the Spanish Hustle which I can do. Also, the follow gets to do all the fun stuff and make it pretty, but the lead still makes it happen. Thanks!

More west coast swing videos. Y’all have a unique way of presenting that is easy to understand. By far the best I have found on RU-vid

I have been dancing WCS for a few years and I really appreciate how you teach. I think your approach to teaching concepts vs just pattern dancing is spot on in so many ways!

This is very helpful to understand the idea behind the movements in WCS.

Please add a few minutes of music with you dancing at the end of additional practice, or maybe just videos that we can practice along with. Love your videos. So easy to follow. Need practice with music, and with COVID, we aren’t getting to bars very much to dance!

This makes it make SO much more sense. Thank you 🙏👏👏

Thx for the wonderful breakdown of WCS.

I love the way you explain things! Really makes more sense going with the flow then trying to break down every footstep..

FINALLY, after describing the circles to my husband, he's finally willing to at least try it. Thank you!

Excellent description of how to approach this. Most helpful video I’ve seen on the topic! Thank you.

this helped alot. 1-2 (something happens in 3 and 4) then 5 and 6.

Solid, simple, sweetness. ❤

Again, another great video! Thanks so much. The way you explain concepts makes it very easy to understand. Your partner, Clarissa, and the videographer also do a great job. Keep those videos coming. Will there be more on the inbetween, "when something happens"?

This was so helpful. 3 sections in a 6-beat pattern. My head was jumbling until now. :)

I like how you simplify the steps into intentions. I find a lot of people get hung up on whether the count is 6, 8, 10, 12 etc. beats. A lot of beginners get really frustrated when learning whips and trying to get a hold of 8 counts all of a sudden when the 6 count step has been hammered into their heads... I know I did. But I found that the more I did WCS the more I came to just focus on what the lead is setting up in the first two counts, and getting back into my anchor on the last two counts. So I kind of came to the conclusion you make in this video the long way around! I think people who try WCS and think it's tough take for granted the fact that the anchor step allows you to start over if you mess up, and the middle beats allow you to play around and improvise so there's really no right or wrong way, just a better way and worse way. Lol This dance gives a lot of grace to those willing to look for it.

What a beautiful studio. Great yet simple lesson too.

Oh my God, we are trying this tonight. We are experienced swing/latin dancers but never could master the WCS. Why,? Because the first thing we have been taught in three different instructors is the sugar push. It looked so stupid as we did it, we could never get past it.

Loved this! Thanks a lot 😊

This is a great way to take out some of the stress for leaders.

Great video ... You make it all so understandable!!

Very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much, that made me understand the steps. I was under the impression that they always did the sugar push, which confused me. But this video was awesome!

thank you, I like the circle illustration. helps visualise :)

Smart way of teaching it!

Very helpful! 👍

Wow, a great analysis of how to do what everyone else makes difficult. Thanks.

I can even see this pattern in a lot of the the #WestCoastSwing dances on TikTok now 😂😂 thank you for this. So helpful

As a beginner in West coast I understand this great video... The problem is building into freestyle. Could you do a video on freestyle and how to build these into a random song.

Good info!

Thank you so much for breaking this down. Great video. As soon as the ortho releases me to dance (4 months total - have 3 months left ) from knee surgery, I want to work on this. ? for you. What kind of dance shoes are you wearing. My hubby needs something other than his Evenin' Star Boots to dance in.

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More West Coast Swing!

Is the follower's (girl) Anchor in Place always the same for starting foot? Like is it always L-R-L... or always R-L-R? I could not tell from the video. I think yall are the best dance tutorials on YT. I am super grateful to have found you! Can't wait for covid to be done and you move towards that DFW studio!! Blessings y'all!

She has two slots. He has 3 spots. Can be 6 or 8 count. Sycopated is 3 in 2 steps. 1 2/ one two three (something happens)/ one two three (anchor in place)

1:36 I was taught that the "basic" was the sugar push. Years later I was informed that the "basic" had changed from the sugar push to the left or right side pass. Maybe it will change again. Maybe there never was a basic. I would say that there are only two west coast swing moves: step and triple step. That's it. Everything else is a combination of these two steps.

You focus on the woman but you don't teach clearly what is the steps for the guy