Turn · 2 each count
Paddle Turn
Push yourself around in quarter turns with one foot.
How to do it
- Step forward on your left.
- Push off your right toe to swivel a quarter turn left.
- Repeat until you have gone as far as the dance asks.
The thing people get wrong
The pushing foot never takes weight. Think of paddling a canoe.
Dances that use it
This is one of about 25 moves that make up nearly every line dance. See all of them, or go to the sailor step.