Weight · 3 (counted 1&2) count

Sailor Step

A cross behind with a rocking side-to-side feel.

How to do it

  1. Cross your right foot behind your left.
  2. Step your left slightly to the left.
  3. Step your right in place beside it.

The thing people get wrong

Named for the roll of a ship's deck. Let your hips move — it is supposed to sway.

Dances that use it

Black VelvetWhiskey GlassesI Had Some HelpDuck Dynasty (Double D)
This is one of about 25 moves that make up nearly every line dance. See all of them, or go to the monterey turn.

Related moves

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Rock Step

Also called: Break Step

Two counts that go nowhere on purpose — you shift weight and come back.

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Coaster Step

3 counts

Back, together, forward — three counts in two beats' worth of space.

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Kick Ball Change

2 (counted 1&2) counts

A kick, then a fast weight swap on the balls of your feet.

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